Martin Provencher has more than 30 years of experience, establishing himself as an emeritus expert in the digital transformation of businesses. His career reflects a successful career and deep expertise in the fields of operations, maintenance and information technology. His recognition resulted in the McParland Memorial Award from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, a distinction that attests to his remarkable contribution to the evolution of the Canadian mining industry. Having held leadership positions in renowned companies, particularly in the mining and metals, manufacturing, aerospace and telecommunications sectors, in particular in the mining and metals, manufacturing, and telecommunications sectors, Martin Provencher embodies the passion for technology. oriented towards sustainability and asset performance. His constant commitment to seeking new opportunities reflects his desire to encourage advances in the industry.

“The new approach to asset management, driven by digital technologies such as Stelar, is critical for modern businesses. It offers a holistic vision, integrating ESG and decarbonization dimensions, from design to maintenance, optimizing performance, minimizing risks and allowing informed decision-making. It is the future of sustainability and operational efficiency, giving businesses a critical competitive advantage in an ever-changing world.”

— Martin Provencher.

With over 30 years of experience, Ms. Boisvert specializes in material behavior, corrosion, degradation, aging, inspection techniques and maintenance programs. She has carried out a large number of failure analyses and degradation studies. In particular, she acted as Asset Management Manager at the CEZinc plant in Valleyfield and as a Materials Specialist Engineer at the CCR Metallurgical Refinery in Montreal. It is within these two factories, which have existed for 90 and 60 years respectively, that Sophie developed and implemented a program of inspection, integrity and sustainability studies of assets.

In 2014, Sophie joined the ranks of consulting engineering at Norda Stelo and established a group of experts whose objective is to offer clients expertise that helps them maintain the technical reliability, integrity and proper functioning of physical assets (production, infrastructures) in order to maximize their availability and performance, while ensuring regulatory compliance and environmental protection.

Also at Norda Stelo, Ms. Boisvert was appointed Vice President of the Resources and Industry Market in 2018. In 2021, she was appointed Vice President of Norda Stelo Solutions, and leads the development of Stelar.

” Industries urgently need technological tools to manage their assets. The world is changing, the importance of ESG practices is becoming paramount and we now have solutions for collecting, analyzing, and visualizing structured data. These intelligent decision support solutions will make it possible to better manage their investments and risks.” - Sophie Boisvert

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Mr. Alex Brisson became President and CEO of Norda Stelo in the summer of 2013. He then undertook a major restructuring of the company in order to put in place a more agile and effective organizational structure, while establishing the highest standards of ethics and integrity.

With a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in business administration, Mr. Brisson joined Norda Stelo in 1993. Initially a project manager, he quickly rose through the ranks to the position of senior vice president of the industrial sector in 2003. His career has led him to work on various projects in Canada and abroad.

A member of the board of directors and management of Norda Stelo for several years now, Mr. Brisson is also one of the main shareholders who enabled the acquisition of Norda Stelo in 2005 and led the recent takeover by management in 2019. This has given Norda Stelo and its shareholder-employee group the ability to deploy its strategic plan to become the highly competent, trustworthy and clearly distinctive partner, adding real value to its customers, communities and the planet.

An engineer by training and a positive leader by nature, Benoit has been working in the field of high technologies for over 12 years. A passionate entrepreneur, he makes every effort to convert know-how into social and environmental impact. After selling Amotus in 2018, he co-founded Beap.ai, a Cleantech with the objective of contributing to the sustainable performance of organizations. The company recently sold its asset data management platform to Norda Stelo Solutions in an effort to accelerate the growth and success of the project. Stelar has thus become the first technological product from Norda Stelo Solutions in which Benoit and his development team are actively collaborating.

Mr. Joël Fortin is a materials engineer with more than 15 years of experience in the industry, including more than 10 years at Norda Stelo. He specializes in evaluating the integrity of materials following the effects of aging, corrosion or incidents. He also specializes in the development and implementation of inspection programs, including risk-based inspection (RBI). Joël has solid knowledge in non-destructive testing, corrosion, wear and mechanical behavior of materials that he acquired through factory and engineering consulting jobs.

Matt McCulloch holds a bachelor's degree in applied science and civil and environmental engineering from Queens University. In particular, he was Environmental Consultant at Golder Associates Ltd, as well as successively Technical Analyst, Co-Director and Director at Pembina Corporate Consulting, The Pembina Institute. He has served as a Senior Advisor at Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance and as a Director of GES and I+ at Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance. Until recently, he was Vice President, New Energy Technologies at Exergy Solutions.