Experience

Nuclear Innovation Institute
• Canada
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• President and CEO

  • Oct 2019 - Present

Sixth Wave Innovations Inc.
• Canada
• Nanotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Strategic Advisor

  • Aug 2020 - Present

Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
• Canada
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Education Mentor

  • Nov 2021 - Jun 2022


NGen Canada

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Creative Officer

  • Jun 2018 - Oct 2019

  A member of the lean leadership team building NGen, a not-for-profit organization designed to intensify collaboration between manufacturers and advanced technology companies and researchers. Developing data-driven approaches to marketing, communications and all story-telling for the industry-led collaboration with the federal government that is creating Canada's advanced manufacturing supercluster. A member of the lean leadership team building NGen, a not-for-profit organization designed to intensify collaboration between manufacturers and advanced technology companies and researchers. Developing data-driven approaches to marketing, communications and all story-telling for the industry-led collaboration with the federal government that is creating Canada's advanced manufacturing supercluster.



Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade

• Special Adviser, Communications, Marketing and Digital Strategies

  • Oct 2016 - Jun 2018

  Provided high-level strategic advice to policy-makers on economic growth, from launch of the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence to Ontario bids for Amazon's HQ2 and the expert review of the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs. Produced the core economic development book "Think Ontario" for the Ontario Investment Office. Developing branding and communications for the federal government's Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster. Wrote keynote speeches for ministers and senior officials. Developed creative communications strategies in digital and experiential media to engage people in advanced technological change and its social impact. Show less



Thomson Reuters

• Canada
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global editor, energy & environment

  • Jan 2015 - Jun 2016

  As an editor based between Washington, DC and the West Coast, I directed climate change coverage for one of the world's largest news organizations in the year leading up to and through the Paris climate negotiations, applying my experience as a writer and editor on stories from the U.S., Russia and China. The work has made me deeply familiar with policy and social issues at the nexus of energy and environment, from clean tech to fossil fuels. As an editor based between Washington, DC and the West Coast, I directed climate change coverage for one of the world's largest news organizations in the year leading up to and through the Paris climate negotiations, applying my experience as a writer and editor on stories from the U.S., Russia and China. The work has made me deeply familiar with policy and social issues at the nexus of energy and environment, from clean tech to fossil fuels.



Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)

• Canada
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2014

  I led the transition of Canada's leading public policy magazine to a digital product, while conducting a major overhaul of the design, breadth and quality of the print version. Under my guidance, Policy Options moved aggressively into coverage of emerging policy issues, focusing heavily on the implications of new technologies on jobs and energy, politics and economics, cities and the environment. I recruited and introduced new writers from academia and the policy sphere, extensively editing their work to make them accessible to a broader audience. Show less



Los Angeles Times

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Foreign editor

  • Jun 2008 - Jul 2012

  I directed coverage of news and features for one of the most influential U.S. daily newspapers, responsible for a team of correspondents based around the world, most working in high-risk conflict zones form the Middle East to Africa and post-tsunami Japan. We produced elite-level journalism, winning several major awards without injury to any staff members.

• Japan bureau chief

  • Apr 2004 - Jun 2008

  With a broad remit to write news and feature stories, I covered Japanese politics, economics, culture and sports for one of the premiere U.S. newspapers. I also traveled extensively across Asia, from Indonesia to North Korea, India and Pakistan, as well as reporting from wars in Iraq, Lebanon and Afghanistan.