Nick has a rich experience of sixteen years working in energy sector in Canada and India. During his career as Engineering Manager with NTPC, India’s largest power utility, Nick oversaw generation-side and demand side energy management. He held a range of responsibilities in energy auditing, utility energy project management, public private partnership, stake holders management, operations and maintenance, power grid coordination, HVAC projects, procurement, contracts and quality control of super thermal power stations of up to 3000 MW capacity. He worked as Project Manager for greenfield construction of a 120 MW hydro electric project.

Nick professional skills’ cover all facets of energy management and he focused them towards energy efficiency and sustainability strategies for community development.

Nick comes from the University of British Columbia with a Master of Engineering Leadership in Clean Energy Engineering. He holds an MBA, PG diploma in IT and Mechanical Engineering degree. He holds Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Project Management Professional (PMP) and LEED Green Associate designations. He is acting as Director of Agile programs with PMI-CWCC towards capacity building of professionals.

Sharon graduated from the University of Waterloo’s Chemical Engineering program in 2008 and landed her first role at Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation (OFNTSC) as a Water and Wastewater EIT before her 7-year career at Ontario Power Generation.  While at OPG, Sharon worked in Hydroelectric Business Development, Business Support & Regulatory Affairs, Engineering Projects and finally, the Environmental department. 

She then moved to the manufacturing sector as a facility Environmental Engineer for two years prior to going back to school for an Environmental Engineering Applications post-grad program to maintain her skills in environmental sampling, drilling supervision, solid waste / hazardous waste management, contaminated lands, and physical hydrogeology.  Sharon is proud to devote herself a field that has a positive impact on the environment that strives to protect our lands, water and air resources in Canada and is dedicated to helping Indigenous communities.