• Pint of Science Germany - Director & e.V. Board

  Jul 2020 - Present
  • • Manage the growing team of 150+ members
  • • Maintain and grow the vision for the organisation

  • ✓ Conceptualised and orchestrated online conference alternative in response to COVID
  • ✓ Created workshops to educate volunteers how to run engaging online events
• Free Services - Consultant

  Jan 2020 - Present
  • • Perspective-altering business advice designed to force re-thinking of traditional processes
  • • Actionable Requirements Engineering advice applied to real contexts

  • ✓ Advised newly-formed non-profit cooperative on how to realign their organisational goals
  • ✓ My free services provided such impact that I was awarded an Honorarium
• Pint of Science Germany - Cities Coordinator

  Oct 2019 - Oct 2020
  • • Coordinate with all eight Pint of Science cities across Germany
  • • Onboard new cities to Pint of Science Germany

  • ✓ Established 18 new cities for Pint of Science Germany 2020
  • ✓ Created workshops and documents to communicate critical information
• Pint of Science Hamburg - Event Manager

  Sep 2018 - Jul 2021
  • • Organise and host evenings of science communication at local pubs
  • • Work with team of highly engaged and motivated volunteers

  • ✓ Filled 2 local venues with participants interested in learning about science
  • ✓ Hosted rooms of 50+ people, maintaining an energetic atmosphere
• White Rock Counselling Coop - Founding Director

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
  • • Understand the needs of a complex set of stakeholders
  • • Keep a 30-year business alive through responsibility delegation

  • ✓ Founded a (first of it's kind) non-profit cooperative in Canada to be run by and serve 50+ therapists
  • ✓ Launched the organisation personally with an opening presentation
• The Counselling Group - Business Consultant

  Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
  • • Understand a complex 30-year-old business model
  • • Apply my understanding of new technology to a legacy system

  • ✓ Modernised their approach to traditional administration
  • ✓ Incorporated data-mining and statistical modelling into their everyday business
• Hour of Code - Volunteer Educator

  Oct 2015 - Dec 2015
  • • Describe my experiences as someone who can code
  • • Communicate the joy of programming through simple exercises

  • ✓ Delivered three Hour of Code workshops to students in Grades 1, 8, & 11
  • ✓ Learned the true potential of young minds to pick up programming
• University Courses - Free Tutoring

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2017
  • • Understand university-level knowledge at a high-enough level to teach it
  • • Work with struggling individuals to overcome their learning blockers

  • ✓ Learned the usefulness of multiple interpretations to the same problem and solution
  • ✓ Experience the power of personal growth through education
• Learn2Solve - Founder & Organiser

  Jan 2011 - Aug 2013
  • • Founded and organised weekly meetups to solve 3D puzzles
  • • Support individuals through lessons and conversation

  • ✓ Experienced the difficulties of conveying simple and complex knowledge to others
  • ✓ Connected with and taught many interesting individuals
• Summer Camp - Volunteer

  Jul 2009 - Aug 2010
  • • Manage ~30 teenagers as we run the Summer Camp
  • • Organise games and exercises for the students

  • ✓ Learned the difficulties of managing young people
  • ✓ Handled difficult situations with tact and care
• Veterinarian - Assistant

  Dec 2008 - Dec 2008
  • • Handle, control, and comfort various animals in the clinic
  • • Assist the veterinarian with minor surgeries

  • ✓ Learned about the beauty, and the horror, of complex animal care
  • ✓ Provided much needed comfort care to the 'forgotten' animals
• Chiropractor - Assistant

  Oct 2008 - Oct 2008
  • • Interact with patients, forming a comfortable atmosphere
  • • Assist the clinic with admin duties

  • ✓ Witnessed first-hand the healing properties of chiropractic care
  • ✓ Learned fundamental differences between doctors and chiropractors
• Romania Missions Trip - Instrumentalist

  Jul 2007 - Aug 2007
  • • Volunteer at an international church in the heart of Bucharest, Romania, for two months
  • • Play my saxophone in the church worship group

  • ✓ Personally connected with hundreds of people from a foreign culture
  • ✓ Experienced spiritual growth, and great physical pain

I choose not to participate in social media because I believe in the power of face-to-face human connection. Also, I am terrified of this social experiment we are conducting on the world where nothing is private and everything is everyone's business. As a result, I live a fairly "private" life with respect to the amount of information that exists on the internet. However, I am very open to discussing my family life with anyone who is interested! Let's have a beer and talk.

There is, however, some information I feel comfortable sharing with the whole world. I have a lovely mother, father, and sister. They are back in Canada, living their best lives. I have an amazing partner, Lisa, who keeps me honest, and balanced. We have travelled the world together, and are looking to what the future holds. I am also a cat person, and miss all of them dearly.