Mr. Brent Forgeron reports
NOMAD VENTURES INC. APPOINTS MATT KOKAN AS NEW DIRECTOR
Nomad Ventures Inc. has appointed Matt Kokan, MASc, PEng, as a member of its
board of directors.
Mr. Kokan is both owner and principal of GeoPacific Consultants Ltd. He joined GeoPacific in 1993 as a
young engineer and since then has grown the firm to include two offices, 40 staff and a testing laboratory.
Mr. Kokan received a bachelor of applied science in geological engineering in 1990 from the University of British
Columbia. While working as a geotechnical engineer for ConeTec, Mr. Kokan received his master of applied
science in civil engineering in 1992. Mr. Kokan is a professional engineer and is registered in British Columbia,
Alberta and Ontario. He is also a member of the Vancouver Geotechnical Society, the Deep Foundations
Institute and the International Society for Micropiles.
With close to 5,000 projects under his direction, Mr. Kokan has a wealth of management and geotechnical
engineering experience across the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Washington and California.
Some of his most notable projects include the deepest excavation in Vancouver history, the Shangri-La,
the Wall Centre, the Canada Line shoring design and the 2010 Olympic Village. GeoPacific has also been
involved in the design for the temporary shoring for the Sea to Sky Highway, the Port Mann Bridge and most
recently the South Fraser Perimeter Road. Mr. Kokan has been involved in numerous building restoration
projects, particularly the Downtown Vancouver core.
Mr. Kokan has had extensive experience in a number of geotechnical engineering areas. His projects have
included analysis and design for commercial, residential, industrial and infrastructure projects. Mr. Kokan has
significant expertise in infrastructure works, designs of pile-supported buildings on soft ground, excavation
and shoring system designs, offshore structure foundation design and evaluation, arenas, slope stability,
environmental project assistance, and offshore drilling and testing. His expertise in pile loading and jet
grouting has been widely recognized both nationally and internationally through paper presentations.
Brent Forgeron, president and chief executive officer, stated: "Matt Kokan's appointment to the board of directors
represents another significant achievement for the company and we look very forward to working closely
with him. Matt's extensive experience in both project management and geotechnical engineering provides
an invaluable addition to our board as the company continues towards the completion of its notice-of-work
permit for production on the St. Vincent Bay aggregate quarry, located in the Jervis Inlet, British Columbia."
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