Nico Coallier

Principal data scientist & Beekeeper

With a very creative and dynamic personality, I have been driven by entrepreneurship for the last years. Before joining Nectar, I worked in big technology companies where I have used my entrepreneur and creative mindset to solve complex problems at large scale production system. For example, I was able to developed from scratch system that impact millions of users on a daily basis. Indeed, I have a strong ability to foresee the steps necessary in order to build performant and robust AI driven systems. I am interested in applying theory to concrete business problems and be able to measure my impact. During my career, I have been building, leading and mentoring a teams and individuals in different context and at different levels. Many times, I have also put in place workflows and conventions in order to increase the productivity and quality of work within these teams.

On the beekeeping side of things, I have been keeping honeybees for over 6 years and now run my own operations where I manage over an 150 hives. Prior to my beekeeping experience, I have specialized in population dynamic and biology of evolution during my biology studies. I have also worked on flies and beetles projects in the forest research center (CEF) for over 4 years.

In my operation (Called Flavo), I am brewing session mead and doing applied mycology for both humans and bees. I also produce honey and other hive product. The applied mycology components is my little baby where I use mushroom to improve honeybee immunity.

Finally, by combining my knowledge of technologies, biology and my beekeeping experience, I believe I can be part of a data driven mouvement in beekeeping leading us to healthier hives and more profitable farming business.