User:Jockonicol

Bio
Jacques Nicol was born on March 13th, 1977 in Thunder Bay, Ontario at Port Arthur General Hospital. Born to Joseph Andre Nicol and Lynda Anne Nicol. Robert Neil Nicol is his brother.

Grew up in Thunder Bay and spent summers on Nicol Island. A private island community adjacent to the village of Rossport,Ont.

He attended Hillcrest Highschool in Thunder Bay, Ontario doing well in academics and playing football for the colts, where he captained the team for the duration of his time there.

Prior to attending University, Jacques worked in Iqaluit,NU and enjoyed land of the midnight sun in the summer of 1997. Jacques worked at the Frobisher Raquet Club.

Deciding to follow his fathers footsteps he enrolled at Concordia University in Montreal,PQ and studied a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography/Political Science with the addition of a business cluster to round out his education. Jacques played for the Concordia Stingers Football Team in 1998 and had the good fortune to start a number of games in his rookie year. Playing defensive line, he managed to play on the number one defensive line in the country that year, until an unfortunate accident in practice left him injured for the remainder of the year, a year which culminated with his team losing in the dying minutes of the Vanier Cup vs Saskatchewan (The Huskies). His knee kept him from playing in the remaining years at Concordia.

Lives in Airdrie,Alberta Canada with Tanja Liisa Hubie(fiance) and their son Jaxon Andre Erkki Nicol.

Employment
Jacques has investment history and training from his employment at Scotiabank. He is versed in IFIC and Canadian Securities designations. He was an active member of the Scotiabank world, a member of the social committee and participating in numerous corporate fundraisers.

Currently employed by Platinum Energy Services Corp; his oil and gas industry knowledge is broad as well as specialized in material and production/process equipment sales. He joined Platinum in 2007 after a great 3 years at EMCO/Westlund.

Leisure
He continues to play hockey; last year (summer 2008) captaining the Thunder Bay Sleeping Giants hockey team(a team consisting of all North Western Ontario members, all living in Calgary)to victory in their division 1 league. Continues playing a significant amount of hockey throughout the year.

An avid fisherman. Skiier. Motorcycle Rider. Member of Riders Association of Triumph. Spending time with his family.