ORACLE PRIMAVERA - Key Persons


Ian Nicholson

Job Titles:
  • VP Solutions
As our VP Solutions and a Lead Risk and Implementation Specialist, Ian leads Emerald's functional consulting group. With over 20 years of international experience in varied fields and roles from manufacturing, heavy civil construction, pharmaceutical plant construction, hospital projects and oil and gas capital and turnaround projects, Ian brings a wealth of project knowledge to all of our clients. A visionary in the world of CAPEX, maintenance and turnaround planning processes, Ian has lead many of our large clients through their integration projects between ERP/EAM systems and Primavera products. Some of his integration success stories include Suncor Energy SAP to Primavera integration, BP Maximo to P6 integration, implementation of P6 at the Ontario Power Authority as well as the integration of Primavera Contract Manager with Oracle Financials at Capital Health Authority and Vancouver's Rapid Transit Project 2000. Other major clients include Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Shell Canada and Shell Global Solutions. Ian has conducted Monte-Carlo risk analysis on CAPEX and turnaround projects for Shell Canada, Suncor Energy, Husky Energy and Bruce Power. He believes that successful Monte Carlo application is a process, not just a tool and has spoken at a number of events on the correct application of risk analysis.

Nicole Jardin - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
Nicole's drive for success came at a young age growing up in a family of eight competitive swimmers. As treasurer and president of her high school, one could also say that leadership skills came naturally. Her love of teaching and helping others also developed early as a swim instructor and lifeguard while she was studying Building Engineering at Concordia University in Montréal. After graduation, Nicole worked for 6 years in a forensic investigative role on project dispute avoidance and claims resolution cases for Revay and Associates and High-Point Rendel. In this role, she gained experience working on a wide range of projects from convention centres to hospitals, stadiums, bridges and even naval jetties. Nicole learned early on in her career just how critical project controls and management tools are to both project and corporate success. In 1995 Emerald Associates was founded when Nicole was inspired to put her drive, leadership, organizational, and teaching skills to good use by helping companies use innovative and integrated software tools to improve their project based program management skills.

Paul Jardin

Job Titles:
  • VP Technology
Paul is our VP of Technology and has been the key visionary for all of Emerald's tools and integration developments since 1995. Paul has the uncanny ability to find solutions where others only see roadblocks. This skill may have come to him at a young age, where Paul grew up as the only boy in a family of eight kids; dealing with 7 sisters daily - that is a challenge. Sports were Paul's outlet where he excelled both at the provincial level in baseball and national level as a swimmer. Paul knows what drive, dedication and commitment mean to success and he brings them with him to all Emerald projects. Paul is our VP of Technology and has been the key visionary for all of Emerald's tools and integration developments since 1995. Paul has the uncanny ability to find solutions where others only see roadblocks. This skill may have come to him at a young age, where Paul grew up as the only boy in a family of eight kids; dealing with 7 sisters daily - that is a challenge. Sports were Paul's outlet where he excelled both at the provincial level in baseball and national level as a swimmer. Paul knows what drive, dedication and commitment mean to success and he brings them with him to all Emerald projects. Paul keeps Emerald's team on the leading edge with integrations, conversion utilities, add-ons, enhancements and automations for all Oracle Primavera tools and Oracle Red Stack products. With experience working with over 60 systems to date with more being added to the count on a daily basis, you want Paul on your team to ensure success. Some highlights from Paul's experience with integrations include INDUS PassPort for Ontario Power Generation and Bruce Power, JDE for Encana and WillBros, Maximo and SAP for Suncor, Oracle Financials for Capital Health, Lawson Financials for Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and Storms and Cascade for Connecticut Light & Power. His Conversion experience includes over 500 schedules into Primavera from Immpower, CASP, Artemis Open Plan, P3 and P6. Document management and cost control experience includes Livelink, Sharepoint and Prism.

Sue Fermelia

Job Titles:
  • Implementation Specialist