Experience

Level19

• Australia
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

• Co-founder and CEO @ Level19

  • 2017 - Present

  I lead Level19, a Toronto based technology consulting and delivery shop. We specialize in financial services, payments, healthcare, and security, where data security and privacy are mission-critical. We provide high calibre consulting services for organizations where trust is a core part of their identity. I lead Level19, a Toronto based technology consulting and delivery shop. We specialize in financial services, payments, healthcare, and security, where data security and privacy are mission-critical. We provide high calibre consulting services for organizations where trust is a core part of their identity.



Centennial College

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Committee Member, Program Advisory Committee - Mobile Development and Computing

  • 2016 - Present

  Formerly the committee Chair, now a member of a committee of industry experts and academia to design, build, and maintain a post graduate mobile development program and curriculum

• Chair, Program Advisory Committee - Mobile Development and Computing

  • 2011 - 2016

  Chair a committee of industry experts and academia to design and build a post graduate mobile development program and curriculum



Scotiabank

• Canada
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director and Head, Digital Banking Technology

  • 2014 - 2017

  Head of digital development at Scotiabank, including mobile payments and wallet, mobile banking, mobile brokerage, and online banking.Technology lead for our Apple Pay launch, our own Mobile Wallet, and other strategic initiatives.Ran the unification of our online and mobile technology groups, overseeing close to 300 team members, including senior managers, architects, developers, scrum masters, business analysts, devops, support, and testers.Managed the rapid hiring of 60 full-time highly skilled technology professionals in 2016.Internal speaker/presenter, advocate for modern boundary pushing architectures and developer evangelist.Never short on ideas and opinions. Go big or go home. Show less

• Senior Manager and Managing Architect, Mobile Solutions

  • 2011 - 2014

  Managed the design, architecture, and technology selections and evaluations for all things mobile at Scotiabank, including banking, brokerage and mobile payments.Grew the mobile development group from 3 people to more than 150 developers, architects, analysts, and support/testers

• Vice-Chair, Scotiabank GenNext Cabinet

  • 2011 - 2013

  Assisted in coordinating and planning events for the Scotiabank chapter of GenNext, a group which encourages community awareness and volenteering

• Solutions Architect, Mobile Banking

  • 2009 - 2011

  Lead the design, development and architecture work for mobile

• Solutions Architect, Online Banking

  • 2006 - 2010

  Lead the design, development and architecture work for online banking

• Senior Developer

  • 2000 - 2006

  Designed and developed full stack solutions for online banking



University of Toronto

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • 1999 - 2002

  Teaching assistant for a third year computer science course, principles of programming languages, focussing on languages such as Prolog, Scheme, and LISP. For fun, I wrote the electronic marking programs in the language of the assignment. Teaching assistant for a third year computer science course, principles of programming languages, focussing on languages such as Prolog, Scheme, and LISP. For fun, I wrote the electronic marking programs in the language of the assignment.



HDS Corporation

• United States
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO and Founder

  • 1998 - 2001

  HDS was a bootstrapped start-up specializing in web and database development HDS was a bootstrapped start-up specializing in web and database development



Stock Analysis, A Small Buiness Partnership

• Partner

  • 1998 - 2000

  A bootstrapped business which built an AI learning technical stock analysis tool and managed a small financial portfolio A bootstrapped business which built an AI learning technical stock analysis tool and managed a small financial portfolio