bio
Mechanical, Plumbing & Solar Photovoltaic Engineer of Record for 1st Department of Energy demonstrated zero-energy healthcare facility in USA (Kaiser, Santa Rosa, CA). Consultant for a global portfolio incl. Amazon/Whole Foods, Citi, Google, Lucasfilm, Meta, NOBU, SAP & Starbucks. Options Trader. Writer. Bodybuilder.
trader bio
Nicole is an active stock and options trader.
She visions a future where our solar system continues to find balance, and this guides her trades.
Her experience in San Francisco and Silicon Valley as a high-end mechanical engineering consultant provided a window into big tech developments, culture and future planning.
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Mindset in trading is everything. She studies buddhist teachings, meditates, and attends catholic mass. In 2024, she completed religious study classes with the Parish of the Holy Eucharist in Maine.​​ As of 2026, she is the Liturgical Environment Coordinator and choir member for one of their churches.
An ambassador for financial independence for women, she hosted an original round table discussion titled "Write your own job description" at the Groundbreaking Women in Construction Conference in San Francisco in 2018.
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Audiobooks are non-stop on stock/options trading, trader interviews, entrepreneurship, metaphysics, and relationships.
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Statistics, data, and calcs are second-nature due to engineering experience; see eng'g bio.
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engineering bio
Nicole strives to integrate sustainability, wellness and high-performance engineering design on all of her projects. She reaches across disciplines to find simple and cost-effective solutions to complex, technical challenges.
Her dozen years of experience as a mechanical engineer and project manager in the Bay Area has included Living and WELL Building certified projects, and dozens of LEED spaces. She is a leader in the natural refrigerant field, with projects ranging from Oakland Unified School District’s commissary to a flagship grocery store for Amazon Whole Foods in Silicon Valley. She has expertise in healthy air design including filtration and post-occupancy monitoring and controls, as exemplified by SERA Architect’s Oakland office designed to meet WELL, LEED and RESET Air standards.
In 2019, she was a developer/instructor at both the USGBC GreenerBuilder Conference in San Francisco and the USGBC Greenbuild Conference in Atlanta.
In 2020, she completed mech engineering & mech/elec/plumb/photovoltaic/lighting/energy project management on a design project for Kaiser Permanente in Santa Rosa, CA. This project is the first demonstrated (measured, verified) zero-energy healthcare facility in the U.S. per the Department of Energy. Nicole stamped and signed as mechanical, plumbing, and PV engineer.
In 2021, she served on the International WELL Building Institute's newest advisory, the IWBI Performance Advisory.
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Through and post pandemic she surveyed Google's Silicon Valley Research and Development labs as a Mechanical engineering consultant. She worked with Plumbing and Electrical engineers to provide comprehensive facility data for Google.
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In 2023 she led and completed engineering construction projects for Citi at One Market Street in San Francisco, and for Fremont Group, also a finance client, in downtown San Francisco. The LEED Gold Citi One Market Street space is often shown on CNBC TV.
Nicole holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. She has continued her education by taking courses at UC Berkeley, attending industry events, and by maintaining her professional credentials.​
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