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Toronto, ON, CA

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Manage the commercial development of the University's plant variety portfolio; work with plant breeders, government agencies, and industry partners to secure IP protections and commercialize new high performance plant varieties for a number of crop types.

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Remix Genetics is a privately held Cannabis breeding services and genetic licensing business affiliated with the University of Guelph Startup accelerator program. Remix’s primary focus is on the deployment (through partnerships) of an elite catalogue of seedless cannabis varieties for the benefit of commercial and hobby growers in Canada and around the.

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Project Management and Business DevelopmentEnvironmental Impact Study/AssessmentNatural Heritage Peer ReviewLand Development Constraints AnalysisSpecies at Risk Screening, Survey and PermittingEcological Land ClassificationWetland evaluation and delineation

Niagara, Ontario, Canada

Created and implemented genetic acquisition and plant breeding/selection programs leading to deployment of key new HEXO, Redecan and Tilray genetics optimized by site.

Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Led all aspects of flagship indoor production operation, and conceptualized and implemented key corporate projects and initiatives from scratch including genetic acquisition, selection and optimization program, technical due diligence review of site acquisition targets, and tissue culture mother refresh programs, resulting in measurable improvements in key.

Brantford

Prepared and managed all aspects of site operations for flagship high quality indoor cannabis production operation, including budget preparation and management, facility and production system optimization, breeding and genetic selection program, and eventual conversion to central nursery operation deploying optimized genetics to major production sites.

Paris, Ontario, Canada

• The key driving force behind the conceptualization, licensing, startup and ongoing development and optimization of technical aspects of production operations at Emblem Cannabis.
• Direct activities pertaining to facility and production system design, ACMPR licensing/ inspection and compliance; Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) development and optimization; Cannabis ERP software system.
• Provided support to Emblem’s executive team in preparing to go public; company successfully launched on the TSX.V in December 2016 with a nine-figure market capitalization (Trading symbol EMC.V).

Oakville, Ontario

Kitchener, Ontario

Vegetation specialist with diverse project experience in Ontario. Efficient execution of natural environment projects from conception to completion.

Saskatoon

Directed on site production operations for Canada's first legal commercial scale medical marijuana production facility. Duties included production scheduling, growing, staff scheduling/management/mentoring, inventory monitoring and reporting, development of standard operating procedures and design/execution of research projects and process/facility.

Toronto, Ontario

Guelph, Ontario

Master Of Environmental Science

B.Sc., Plant Biology