Leading the creation of a focused business banking and money management platform tailored for SMBs. Doing this by: - Enabling small businesses to gain complete control and insight into their cash flow.- Empowering SMBs to make informed financial decisions with clarity and precision.- Transforming traditional business banking by providing innovative financial tools.Some of the cool things involved in:- Payment Solutions - Spend and expense management

Business strategy and product advisor. Building the platform for creating and distributing 3D digital immersive experiences. See what we’re up to here: hello-xlab.com/mrsv

Strategic tech development advisor. Developing the infrastructure to grow the best, healthiest and most sustainable food possible in an urban environment. Starting out with mushrooms because they're cool, delicious and nutritious. Check out our Instagram (@refreshfrm) and media to see what we're growing.

I make a mean blend good for any time of day or occasion (mornings, receptions, parties, rainy days). Tried commercial vending for a while (2015-2016) while on pat leave.

VP for Product Digital transformation of payments at JPMC. Taking a fintech-like approach to building better, faster and more customer-centric platforms across multiple lines of business; payments, lending, and banking. Involved in all significant aspects of our platform; API development, authentication, identity, compliance, risk, user profiles, legal, front-end UI/UX, design, KYC / KYB, and system integration (between existing Chase systems and newer systems).Also responsible for directing and coaching product managers working on owned initiatives and workstreams; fostered collaboration between engineers, designers, user researchers, and data scientists to ensure seamless execution of product initiatives.

Did: fought the never-ending battle against fraud, automated business processes/logic, exponentially increase the throughput of transaction processing ability, compliance, structuring and strategy, product and platform development, operating policies, PCI-DSS ops.Cool stuff accomplished:- Lead our PCI-DSS development and (re)certifications- Payfac certification and operations setup- Bringing fraud rates down well below the industry standard- Set standards and procedures for acceptance of payments and funds flows

Space. The final frontier. I'm probably too old to be an astronaut (actually, I'm definitely sure) - but that hasn't stopped me from trying to push the space envelope. So what do I do? I take some of my greatest passions in life - Food + Engineering + Tinkering + Developing = Space Farms. Enter Habitat Science, an R&D firm I co-founded to research, build, develop, and pioneer growing technologies with the hope of space farming applications. Bonus: Anything we develop is probably going to be important for regular Earth farming, too (which is also critical due to the erosion of arable land).

Mobile meets money remittance. Better, Faster, Cost-Effective International Money Transfer.Responsible for AML + KYC compliance, money payment and delivery systems (getting money from one person to another), customer service, office setup and administration, strategic partnerships, customer acquisition (with a shoestring budget), and product development.Also responsible for directing our team's efforts in creating the right tools to tackle every aspect of our business - from regulatory compliance, marketing, payments, app development, customer support and more. Other things needed to do and figure out: accounting, legal, and fundraising.Things I'm proud of our team accomplishing:- Invited to join the DMZ at Ryerson - the #1 University-based tech incubator in the world.- Advocated for new payments regulation - got the Department of Finance Canada Chief of Payments and Bank of Canada to come in to address specific questions and concerns for all Fintechs at the DMZ.- Invited by the Canadian Money Service Business Association to speak across the country on the need for money service businesses to adopt technology quickly and how (presentation on LinkedIn).

Designed sustainable buildings and communities; Reduced energy and cost for existing buildings. Energy + CFD Simulation Specialist. Mechanical and renewable systems design Engineer. Designed Living Buildings and Sustainable CommunitiesMemorable projects: Royal Bank Plaza, California High-Speed Rail, Mirvish + Gehry Towers

Mechanical System Design and Energy / CFD specialist for Military, Government, and Casino projects.Lots of unique challenges solved, including:> How to heat giant military helicopter bays back up to temperature in the middle of winter in Northern Ontario, after taking a chopper out, in less than an hour. Nailed it btw.> Designed the main hall at 144 Wellington, Ottawa. If you wondering why it's so damn comfortable (not too hot and not too cool), your welcome :)> Designed mech systems to deal with NBC attacks (nuclear, biological and chemical) while ensuring the rooftops look aesthetically pleasing (to workers looking out the windows from inside the National Press Building in Ottawa onto 144 - hope you like it).> Simulated how cigarette smoke from a smoking area enters a non-smoking area using a custom CFD model (hint - can't have openings - you will need glass partitions)

> CAMH Campus HVAC Design (1001 Queen St. - 325,000 sqft)> George Brown College Health Science Campus Mechanical Design (Toronto - 167,000 sqft)> Canada East CFD simulation leader