• Degree - Bachelor of Engineering (Computer) - Royal Military College
• Diploma - Web Designer - Academy of Learning


• Exquisitely organized, possessing expert communications skills
• Continuous Improvement - Quality Control and Change Management Training and Experience
• Board of Directors and Committee Experience
• Project Management Training and Experience
• Numerous Management related Certificates
• Experience and Certificates in Various Programming Environments
• Quantitative and Qualitative Research Training and Experience

• 2019-Present Training Development Project Officer Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron (ATESS) Trenton ON
• 2014-Present Web Developer Cyberspace
• 2014-2016 Student - Web Developer Academy of Learning
• 2013-2014 Staff Officer Individual Training and Education Policy Canadian Defence Academy (CDA) Kingston ON
• 2011–2013 Staff Officer Program Evaluation and Validation CDA Kingston ON
• 2008–2011 Research Officer CDA Kingston ON
• 2007–2008 Staff Officer Professional Development Analyst CDA Kingston ON
• 2007 Intelligence Analyst and Assessments Joint Intelligence Centre Afghanistan
• 2006–2007 J4 Infrastructure and Environment, Formation General Safety Officer, Formation Radiation Safety Officer CDA Kingston ON
• 2003-2006 Officer Commanding Support Squadron Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics (CFSCE) Kingston ON
• 2003 Officer Commanding Standards Squadron CFSCE Kingston ON
• 2000-2003 Officer Commanding G (Technical Training) Squadron CFSCE Kingston ON
• 1997-2000 Deputy Commanding Officer 8 Telecommunications and Information Services Squadron Trenton ON
• 1994-1997 Section Head-Programmer/Analyst NATO Airborne Early Warning Force Geilenkirchen Germany
• 1993-1994 Engineering Officer Canadian Forces Station Leitrim ON
• 1990-1992 Communications Officer Canadian Forces Station Shelburne NS
• 1989-1990 Instructor Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics
• 1987-1989 Student - Computer Engineering at Royal Military College of Canada Kingston
• 1984-1987 Student - Science and Technology at Collège Militaire Royal St-Jean
• 1977-1984 Communicator Research Across Canada and at Sea

• Head Coach Alternate Dispute Resolution Centre (Kingston ON)2003-2010
• Logistics Officer Executive Committee –Connect with Kingston Garrison Expo 2007 (Kingston ON)2006-2007
• Secretary/Treasurer Advanced Technical Education Consortium (Kingston ON)2000-2003
• Cub scout leader Scouts Canada (Trenton ON)1997-1998
• Coach Soccer, T-ball International Youth Association (Geilenkirchen Germany)1994-1997
• Editor in chief Maple Leaf Messenger (Geilenkirchen Germany)1995-1997
• Comms Instructor 2951 Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Cadet Corps(Gloucester ON)1993-1994
• Co-editor Roseway Gazette (Shelburne NS)1990-1992
• Secretary/Treasurer Community Council (Shelburne NS)1990-1992
• Member Lions Club of Canada (Masset BC)

Management

• Total Quality Management in Software Development
• Software Quality Assurance for Practitioners
• Capability Maturity Model (DISA USA)
• Accelerating Change in Software Process Improvement (DISA)
• Certified Knowledge Manager (KMCB)
• Lessons Learned Analyst
• Training Manager
• Workforce Management
• Interest Based Communication and Dispute Negotiations
• Conflict Management and Alternate Dispute Resolution
• Conflict Management for Leaders
• Standard for Harassment and Racism Prevention
• Contracting for Services Certification
• Expenditure Management
• Financial Administration Act
• Business Process Management (APQC)
• Site Security Officer (NATO)
• Information Security (CSEC)

Programming

• IBM 370 Familiarization (NATO)
• Job Control Language (NATO)
• AWACS Systems Overview (NATO)
• Utility Course (NATO)
• Airborne Operations Computer Programming (NATO)
• Advanced TSO/ISPF
• 4PI Assembler Language
• AWACS Switch Actions
• ANSI C Language Programming
• JOVIAL Programming
• Automating your SAS Code with SAS Macro Language (SAS UK)
• Data Manipulation with the SAS System (SAS UK)
• Further Data Manipulation and Efficiency Techniques (SAS UK)
• JOIIS User Training (Police/Intelligence system)
• Introduction to Access (Loyalist college)
• Intermediate Access (Loyalist college)
• Microsoft Excel Level II
• Microsoft Project
• Time Line 4.0

Research

• Information Mapping
• Introduction to SPSS
• SPSS Text Analysis
• Introduction to E-Listen
• Developing Satisfaction Surveys (Statistics Canada)
• Telling Stories with Statistics (Statistics Canada)
• Environmental Awareness Training

Legislative

• Certified Radiation Safety Officer (Radiation Safety Institute)
• Occupational Health and Safety certificate (Humber college)
• Return to Work Awareness
• Safety Legislation
• Safety Management

Military

• Contingency Capability Ground Commander’s Course
• Supplementary Radio System Operations Officer
• In Service of Peace: Military Operations in Modern Peacekeeping(C44 Pearson Peacekeeping Centre)
• Disarmament, Demobilization and Re-Integration (Pearson Peacekeeping Centre)
• Presiding Officer
• Air Force Staff Course
• Allied Command Europe Nuclear Biological Chemical Defence (Oberammergau, Germany)
• Nuclear Biological Specialist (Geilenkirchen, Germany)
• Maritime Warfare
• Air Operations Command Control and Information Systems
• Joint Command Control Information Systems
• Space Applications
• Basic Space Ops Advisor
• Range Safety Officer
• Electronic Warfare
• St.John Ambulance Standard First Aid – Level C CPR with AED

Personnel Management

• 24 years experience in top leadership positions commanding personnel from 6 member teams to a Squadron in excess of 70 military personnel, 32 contract personnel and an average of 300 students
• Diligently ran the day to day operations of a 140 person unit
• Fostered a team environment drawing on individual expertise and promoting personnel development
• Instilled a calming effect under the most stressful situations, innate ability to deescalate conflict
• Experienced mediator who employs advanced dispute resolution techniques to foster workplace harmony
• Created a collaborative executive software working group to identify and develop meaningful user-centric software enhancements
• A change to a deployed operations concept led to conducting a detailed analysis to identify personnel knowledge gaps providing realistic learning solutions to bridge these gaps
• Accomplished speaker having prepared and dynamically delivered hundreds of presentations to audiences ranging from parade spectators, junior personnel, senior officers, government dignitaries
• Extensive writing experience preparing everything from strategic policies to section estimates including having written and published 4 applied research papers and dozens of Validation Reports as a team effort

Planning Organization Innovation Improvement

• Breached paradigms and orchestrated innovative actions to accomplish previously unattainable goals
• Ingeniously tackled technician training shortfall through detailed system analysis leading to contracting out instruction, hiring civilian instructors and restructuring training delivery to maximize available resources
• Transformed organization’s inter-departmental communications through the development, maintenance and instruction on various platforms (SharePoint, GCPedia/Wiki, COPS)
• Applied extensive TQM and Change Agent training to influence a multi-national organization toward a sustained software design and improvement process hinged on the customer feedback loop
• Meticulously oversaw numerous legislated programs such as Occupational Health and Safety, Radiation Safety, Environment, Knowledge Management

Project Management

• Managed a complex mission simulator secure terminal installation project
• Analyzed, identified, designed and acquired deployed telecommunications requirements and engineered the first deployable telecommunications pod of its kind to support a deployed airfield
• Designed, planned, resourced, implemented and tested a new wide area fibre network installation
• Diligently identified, planned, directed and followed up on corrective infrastructure safety deficiencies for 9 large buildings
• Orchestrated, through all phases, a major complex Station telephone system upgrade and 2 major cable plant upgrades
• Meticulously oversaw the implementation of a complex contract for 27 civilian instructors worth $1.8M/year
• Analyzed and implemented the amalgamation of Air Force technical training saving over $100k per serial

Financial Management

• Vast experience in creating accurate and manageable Business Plans
• Expert financial management skills saw expenditures of the $2.5M operating budget within $1k by fiscal year end

Technical Expertise

• 4 years experience with NATO as a programmer/analyst for the AWACS computer operating system using IBM360 based technology programming extensively in assembler as well as Jovial, FORTRAN, C, using JCL for software build operations
• Since 1997 have constructed a web server, diligently created web sites and more recently taking advantage of server sided scripting (php & AJAX), Java and HTML
• Successfully designed and delivered a structured programming course using PASCAL
• Developed needed software test tools - conceived and implemented a software error tracking system
• Designed and built an intuitive organizational SharePoint site for policy collaboration and development
• • Significantly reduced telephone expenditures through monitoring and statistical analysis of telephone trunk usage then identified, optimized and programmed routing algorithms on the switch
• Proficient on Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Subscriber to Adobe CC (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator, Acrobat, Flash, etc)