I founded Econics back in 2009. Econics provides cutting-edge demand-management planning, demand forecasting, watershed management and communications services to municipal water service providers.My background and formal education is in environmental management. Prior to founding Econics, I worked as the Manager of Operational Policy with the BC Ministry of Environment’s Water Stewardship Division. And before that, I managed regional programs — and tens of millions of dollars — for the Queensland government during Australia’s seven-year Millennium Drought.At present, I act as special advisor to the University of Victoria’s POLIS Water Sustainability Project and am vice-chair of the Chicago-based Alliance for Water Efficiency, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to advocacy of the efficient and sustainable use of water across North America.