I lead a team of 25 staff that represents the interests of Alberta’s residential, small business, and farm consumers of electricity, natural gas, and water utility services. The team provides consumer education programs, mediation services between individual consumers and utility companies, and intervenes in rate hearings of the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) to ensure consumers receive safe, reliable energy services at a reasonable cost. I am responsible for managing an annual budget allocation of over $7.6 million, and have consistently run operational surpluses through rigorous project management and judicious use of external consultants and legal counsel. Since March 2015, results include:o Over $1.2 billion in savings for utility consumers; this is the total value of evidence submitted by the UCA that was cited in AUC decisions over the course of dozens of regulatory rate proceedings annually. During this time, I revised strategy to reduce reliance on consultants and increased the UCA Regulatory Team from 4 to 9 staff. Annual expenditures on the UCA Regulatory Affairs program dropped approximately 20% from $5 million to under $4 million annually.o The UCA call centre received over 166,000 calls, and conducted over 21,000 mediations.o Consumer Education program implemented including: a new fully designed, mobile-friendly website [ucahelps.alberta.ca] that has received over 1.2 million visits; establishment of social media channels; and a direct consumer outreach program that interacts with thousands of consumers annually through visits to dozens of trade shows, conferences, and community events to increase consumer awareness of services available from the UCA.

Responsible for the leadership, training, recruiting, administration, and operational readiness of 9 Army Reserve units across Alberta and the Northwest Territories comprising of over 1650 soldiers and officers.

Advised and supported the senior level planning, organization and delivery of administration and initiatives to the Army Reserve within 3rd Canadian Division/Joint Task Force West. Reinforced the Commander 3rd Canadian Division's priorities, and advised on matters pertaining to the support of Army Reservists and the strengthening of the 3rd Canadian Division One Army Team of Regulars, Reservists, and Civilians.

The aim of the Joint Command and Staff Distance Learning Programme (JCSP DL) is to prepare selected senior officers of the Defence Team for command or staff appointments in a contemporary operating environment across the continuum of operations in national and international settings.

41 Canadian Brigade Group comprises over 1700 soldiers organized into 10 Army Reserve units across Alberta and the Northwest Territories. As part of the Brigade Command Team, I supported the Commander in strategic planning, community and stakeholder engagement, communications and public affairs, and professional development and succession planning of leadership.

Responsible for the leadership, training and operational readiness of approximately 185 reserve (part-time) soldiers in an armoured regiment. Result include growing the strength of the Regiment from 115 to 185 volunteers over 3 years, influencing the reserve force generation concept and distribution of new Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicles (TAPV) to reserve units in Western Canada, ensuring two dozen TAPV crewmen trained over the last two years. I was responsible for managing a budget of $1.2 million, and I leveraged centralized Army funding for training courses to expand that by hundreds of thousands of dollars.

- Responsible for the Regiment's logistics, recruiting, and financial management.- Leading development of the Regiment's community outreach and relations strategy.- Leading pilot project and force development proposal to the Army for use of ultra-light four-seat all-terrain utility vehicles for Army Reserve reconnaissance units.

-Responsible for the training and operational readiness of a reconnaissance squadron of approximately 60 reserve (part-time) soldiers.-Developing junior leaders.-Experimenting with developing all-terrain-utility vehicle capabilities to complement the G-Wagon the Squadron normally uses for its duties. www.kingsown.ca

- Responsible to the Commanding Officer for the planning and coordination of the Regiment's training and operations.- Developed the Regiment's business plan for FY14-15.- Organized numerous weekend training exercises internal to the Regiment, and with other units.

- Responsible for the training and operational readiness of a reconnaissance squadron of approximately 80 reserve (part-time) soldiers.- Commanded the composite reserve reconnaissance squadron of approximately 60 soldiers that was part of the Army Reserve Task Force of over 500 soldiers that responded to the Calgary Flood 21-25 June 2013. My squadron surveyed flood evacuation zones and provided information to the City of Calgary that assisted them in deciding which zones families could return to their homes, and which zones required additional municipal engineering and utility resources.

- Lead for coordinating Edmonton community relations activities for the Regiment of part-time citizen-soldiers, in partnership with various stakeholders.- Directs recruiting activities for the Regiment across Alberta, achieving assigned targets since assuming responsibility.- Unit General Safety Officer, responsible for oversight of the Regiment's safety management programme.- President of the Jefferson Armoury Officers Mess, returned the Officers’ club to profitability after re-structuring management and re-writing policies.

Operations Officer Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) [LdSH(RC)]:- Coordinated all training for two newly-formed tank sub-units, each comprising over 100 personnel that deployed to Afghanistan for combat operations in 2007.- Synchronized resources (financial, equipment, personnel, and time) between the 7 sub-units and all external organizations, ensuring the Regiment (an armoured vehicle unit of 600 personnel and 180 vehicles) met all training goals and achieved its mandated readiness targets for domestic and international security tasks.1 PPCLI Battle Group Plans Officer, Kandahar Afghanistan:- Led the team that produced the plans for the Canadian Battle Group’s (approx. 1600 personnel and 400 vehicles) operations against the Taliban in Spring/Summer 2006, liaised and coordinated those operations with multi- national military and multi-agency partners.Battle Captain, ‘A’ Squadron, LdSH(RC): - Responsible to the Squadron Commander for operational readiness, training, safety, and fleet maintenance for a tank sub-unit of approximately 80 personnel and 30 vehicles. LdSH(RC) Ceremonial Mounted Troop Leader:- led and managed the training, logistics, and media relations for the community relations team of 25 soldiers and 20 horses that rode in dozens of community events across Canada in 2001.Reconnaissance Troop Leader, LdSH(RC): - Commanded a troop of 19 personnel and 5 vehicles for two years, ensuring the operational readiness of my team. Led the troop through six months of peacekeeping operations in Kosovo in 1999 while operating with a variety of NATO and UN security forces, and non-governmental agencies.- Responded to the Pine Lake Tornado in 2000 as the Operations Officer for the 100 person Army immediate response unit, established the unit’s incident command centre, then directed its search and recovery operations while synchronizing them with other on-site federal, provincial, municipal, and volunteer organizations.

- Strategic planning and stakeholder engagement for Government of Alberta oil market diversification efforts.- Alberta Co-Chair for the Responsible Development and Public Engagement working team of the BC-Alberta Heavy Oil Pipeline Working Group.

- Led development of the Government of Alberta Flood Recovery Plan; - Led development of the Flood Recovery Projects Accountability Framework.

- Developed and implemented Task Force procedures and practices for issues management and situation reporting to allow cross-ministry coordination of flood recovery activities.- Task Force Liaison Officer to the Alberta Emergency Management Agency Provincial Operations Centre. Helped facilitate the smooth transition of responsibility for provincial support for flood affected communities from the Provincial Operations Centre to the Task Force.

- Led strategic planning for Government of Alberta efforts to secure global market access for Alberta's energy products.- Mentored colleagues and staff on project and risk management processes and operational planning techniques.

- Drafted terms of reference and conducted business planning and budget planning for the new Policy Management Office.- Drafted and implemented an initial start-up plan for the Policy Management Office including management of HR and financial requirements.- Coordinated the support to various Assistant Deputy Minister Committees, and the Deputy Minister Committee and Minister’s Group for the Natural Resources and Environment Pod.

- Managed the operations for a cross-departmental team focused on facilitating cross-ministry integration of natural resource, energy, and environmental policy development, engagement, advocacy, and communication activities, through collaborative development of strategy and implementation through integrated program management. - Managed the team’s stand-up to a full-time organization, establishment of an office, hiring of staff, business and budget planning, management of finances as Expenditure Officer, and the production of regular, issue, and event specific products for Deputy Minister and Ministerial audiences.- Coordinated the support to various Assistant Deputy Minister Committees, and the Deputy Minister Committee and Minister’s Group for the Clean Energy Natural Resources Group, including the establishment of Group SharePoint sites.- Led a cross-ministry strategic assessment of risks to Alberta's energy resource development focused on the timeframe of 2016-2021.- Participated in the development of market access and oil sands advocacy strategies.- Participated in GoA issues management regarding market access for Alberta energy products.- Led the production of weekly reports that summarized international and national developments related to energy issues, and offered analysis of trends in relation to government strategy.

- Senior Program Manager for the Cumulative Effects Management System Transformation Program, advising the Executive Director on integration of numerous policy, organizational, and technical projects in Alberta Environment.- Senior Project Manager for the team that scoped an Environmental Cumulative Effects Management Act, and produced recommendations to tweak existing legislation and overhaul internal management practices.- Senior Project Manager for the team that provided the Resource and Environmental information package for the Regional Plan for the Athabasca Oil Sands, now the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan.- Increased Alberta Environment’s capacity to perform Environmental Impact Assessment reviews through third-party contracting process improvements to meet the enormous demand of Oil Sands development during 2008, and integrated the Branch business plan with the Divisional and Department Corporate Plans.