Since 2013, I have managed the National Boreal Program for Ducks Unlimited Canada, which stretches from Alaska to Labrador. Our goal is to conserve, with partners, a total of one billion acres of conservation through a balance of sustainable development and protection. The program has a dedicated staff complement of 25 members spread across Canada’s Boreal region. We develop conservation solutions and knowledge exchange around water, wetlands, waterfowl, and other ecosystem services to assist governments, industry, and first nations with land use planning, regulation, and management.

• In-house international program relations lead for the GIS/Remote Sensing Group of the Western Region of Ducks Unlimited to the Western Boreal Program of Ducks Unlimited Canada.• Product line manager for all earth cover/wetland mapping projects and conservation support products for the Western Boreal Program. • Technical team lead for Boreal Conservation Projects supporting conservation products for industrial and governmental partners.• Member of the Sustainable Land Use Group and Science Team within Ducks Unlimited Canada.• Mentor to five GIS/remote sensing analyst positions. • Primary remote sensing/wetland ecology expert for Ducks Unlimited Canada’s Western Boreal Program.

• Lead analyst for several large-scale earthcover classification projects encompassing nearly 50 million acres in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba with a total budget over $600K. • One of four national investigative project leads for Canadian Wetland Inventory mapping project (2002-present). • Chairman for local DU fundraising committee that raised $75K for conservation in three years (2002-2004). Fundraising volunteer from 2000- present. • Conducted classification training courses for partners.

• Researched environmental applications of remote sensing to wetland ecology, forestry, and biogeochemical studies. • Utilized satellite data to monitor environmental processes such as carbon cycling, hydroperiod, and vegetation changes at landscape levels. • Task leader, flight engineer, mission planner, and applications developer for newly developed Advanced Multispectral Digital Camera. • Developed several web pages to support projects. Managed 1999 High School Intern Program. Co-wrote six proposals (3 funded/granted).