Executive Team

Our leadership team has a wealth of experience, across a wide variety of relevant industries.

Each member of the team brings a huge amount of knowledge in their respective area, ensuring SOCOTEC delivers on its promise to its clients, projects and employees.

OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM

Executive

Nicolas DETCHEPARE
Chief Executive Officer, SOCOTEC USA
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Robert VECCHIO
President, Technical Consulting & Advisory | Chief Executive Officer, SOCOTEC Engineering, Inc.
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Jeff SOMERLOT
President, Infrastructure & Environment
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Glen WALLER
Chief Business Officer
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Matthieu NERSON
Chief Financial Officer
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Livia CORREDOR
Chief Legal Officer
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Kim MAGINLEY
Director of Human Resources
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Juliette GODTLER
Director of Marketing & Communications
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Anthony TRANIELLO
Director of IT, CISO
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Jennifer SZE
Principal, Building & Real Estate
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Eric MONTPLAISIR
Principal, Building & Real Estate
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Zach NORD
Principal, Building & Real Estate
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Executive Team

Each member of the team brings a huge amount of knowledge in their respective area, ensuring SOCOTEC delivers on its promise to its clients, projects and employees.

OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM

Nicolas DETCHEPARE

Robert VECCHIO

Jeff SOMERLOT

Glen WALLER

Matthieu NERSON

Livia CORREDOR

Kim MAGINLEY

Juliette GODTLER

Anthony TRANIELLO

Jennifer SZE

Eric MONTPLAISIR

Zach NORD