Teaching students the Game History and Interactive Story Development courses for the new Game Design diploma program.

Volunteer Trustee overseeing and voting on operational and strategic matters for a non-profit charity organization preserving the Cottonwood Mansion Museum historic site in rural Ontario.Volunteer countless hours in site maintenance, helping events, giving tours, and doing historical research on the architectural history and genealogy associated with the museum.

2023-2024: Contract work for PW Labs for a major exhibit project at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.2022 - 2023: Awarded Ontario Creates Production grant to develop in-house IP, a historic city builder called Civatlas.2020-2022: Contract work for MicroProse.Founded an in-house game development studio in Hamilton, Ontario. I lead a team of 10+ designers, artists and developers working on various projects.

Seasonal terms: Nov - Dec 2022, May - Jun 2023As the Heritage Educator at Backus Heritage Conservation Area, I was dressed in period costume to deliver educational content according to the Grade 3 Social Studies curriculum and Grade 7 History curriculum.Taught Grade 3 students (classes up to 40 students) the "Day in the Life of a 19th Century Child" program, and taught Grade 7 students the War of 1812 program.

Designing the next iteration in the legendary MicroProse B-17: Flying Fortress series.

Teaching: - Programming Fundamentals- HTML & CSS.- Intro to Systems Analysis & Design- Computer Training and Technical WritingSupporting the Game Development Club.Leading AR project in collaboration with City of Hamilton Museums.

For several years, I was on the forefront of indie development in the games business, as an influential voice on the team and the public face of New World. Highlights include:- Creative Director for Insurgency available on Steam, with over 5,000,000 copies sold. - Oversaw the Communications Team in self-publishing Day of Infamy on Steam. Over 300,000 copies sold.- Presented on-stage at the PC Gaming Show E3 2016.- Several public speaking engagements including at Quo Vadis Berlin and EGX Rezzed London.- Two appearances on TotalBiscuit's podcasts about Steam changes and indie self-publishing.- Countless press interviews representing Insurgency: Sandstorm sequel being published by Focus Home Interactive on Steam, PS4 and XBox One. I wore several hats, since New World is a tight-knit indie team. Responsibilities included community management, game design, user experience design, level design, marketing, and business relations. Leadership and collaboration with our developers and artists working remotely around the world.Co-founder of the Insurgency mod for Half-Life 2 in 2004 (Mod of the Year, 2007)

Designer for Postmedia Network's Digital Innovation Team.Worked on Postmedia's 'Product 2.0' re-design of four platforms for the Ottawa Citizen since its inception and various prototypes of next-generation technology for news distribution.

Full-time staff photographer for Bridges, a weekly community magazine covering Saskatoon, along with occasional daily assignments for The StarPhoenix newspaper.Update the website and social media, when not taking pictures.Won a Society of News Design Award of Excellence in Portrait Photography in 2012

Designing user experience for interactive media, primarily websites and mobile apps at one of Western Canada's most accomplished interactive agencies, zu. Client work includes: publicly traded investment, transportation, construction, telecommunications, industrial, and agricultural companies, on both New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange; e-commerce and mobile design for national sport teams.

Website design, development, and maintenance.

Freelance still photography and videography for Canada's national newspaper of record.Filming, editing, and producing a video series called 'The Rules' featuring CEOs and figure-heads providing their expertise on leadership for theglobeandmail.com

Freelancing still photography in the Greater Toronto Area for Canada's largest circulating newspaper.

Performed regular staff photographer duties as an intern, including coverage of disputes at the Six Nations reserve in Ontario that was also published in the Toronto Star.

Photo Editor for the University of Saskatchewan's independent student newspaper.

Trained for war, serving with:Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) in Hamilton, OntarioNorth Saskatchewan Regiment in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Founded, designed (game & web), managed, recruited talent, community management, guerrilla community advocate,