Experience

Cerebra

• Canada
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President Technology

  • Dec 2022 - Present

• Director of Development

  • Feb 2022 - Dec 2022



Syngenta

• Switzerland
• Farming
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Climate & Agronomic Decision Sciences

  • Sep 2021 - Feb 2022



Farmers Edge

• Canada
• Farming
• 200 - 300 Employee

• VP of Special Projects

  • Feb 2021 - Aug 2021

  Focused on developing our agricultural carbon market solutions.

• VP of Analytics

  • Feb 2019 - Feb 2021

  Continued to lead Ag Insight teams including: Agronomy R & D, Modelling, Remote Sensing, and Data Science.

• Head of Analytics

  • Oct 2016 - Feb 2019

  Organized several Ag Insight teams including: Agronomy R & D, Modelling, Remote Sensing, and Data Science. These teams are responsible for creating various descriptive and predictive tools for our platform across a diverse range of applications from weather data quality control and spatial interpolation to soil moisture modelling, crop growth stage estimation and yield prediction.

• Manager of Geospatial Solutions

  • Jan 2015 - Sep 2016

  Farmers Edge is a world leader in agronomy, variable rate technology, and providing decision support services for today's farmers leveraging the massive data sets currently being collected. As Manager of Geospatial Solutions I oversaw several teams including software developers, data technicians, and remote sensing specialists. We developed and maintained systems for analyzing geospatial data related to farm practices such as application data from drills and sprayers, data from combine harvesters, multi-spectral satellite imagery, and other related data sets. Show less



GranDuke Geomatics Ltd.

• Lethbridge, Alberta

• Co-Founder & GIS Specialist

  • Jul 2012 - Jan 2015

  GranDuke Geomatics increased client efficiencies by automating workflows. Our specialty involved custom software and GIS solutions, management of large geo-spatial data sets, and automated examination of these data sets to identify patterns and trends that will benefit our clients. GranDuke Geomatics leveraged the fusion between computer science and geography to provide a diverse range of solutions across many sectors, including: precision agriculture, oil and gas industrial applications, and environmental modelling. Our services also included the creation of maps and mobile applications to help manage company resources, infrastructure, planning, and the environment. In January 2015 GranDuke was acquired by Farmers Edge. Show less



The University of Lethbridge

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor

  • Aug 2006 - Jun 2012

  Instructed labs in many physical geography courses. Instructed labs in many physical geography courses.



L.A. Mapping

• Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

• Geomatics Consultant

  • Jan 2005 - Jun 2012

  Map production for environmental and oil and gas applications. Map production for environmental and oil and gas applications.



Bolster Consulting

• Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

• Geomatics Consultant

  • Sep 2005 - Jun 2006

  Provided GIS support for map production and development of GIS training materials. Provided GIS support for map production and development of GIS training materials.



Lethbridge College

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Instructor

  • Jan 2002 - Dec 2005

  Instructed several programs in the Geomatics Engineering program including: Intro to Computer Programming, Advanced Computer Programming, Database Basics. Duties included giving lectures and labs, course design Instructed several programs in the Geomatics Engineering program including: Intro to Computer Programming, Advanced Computer Programming, Database Basics. Duties included giving lectures and labs, course design



The University of Lethbridge

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Jul 2003 - Aug 2005

  Modelled gridded surface of snow water equivalent in mountainous terrain - Implemented a hydrological model for stream discharge simulation - Investigated the spatial and temporal patterns of bacterial water contamination Modelled gridded surface of snow water equivalent in mountainous terrain - Implemented a hydrological model for stream discharge simulation - Investigated the spatial and temporal patterns of bacterial water contamination