Experience

Ontario Volleyball Association

• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of High Performance

  • Oct 2015 - Present

  Currently I am the Athlete Development Director at the Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA), a leading Provincial Sport Organization in Ontario. I provide leadership towards the development and implementation of OVA's strategic priorities in the areas of athlete development and high performance. As part of OVA's senior leadership, I work with staff to create the conditions in which athletes and coaches will have the most meaningful sport experiences. As part of my current work, I am responsible for the development of a high performance framework articulated around the values of excellence, honesty and integrity. I oversee the OVA's talent identification system by developing policies establishing evidence-based selection of athletes and coaches through a clearly defined Athlete/Coach Matrix. My work also involves building relationships through coach mentorship and working with sport science expert to create the best support system for identified athletes.



Jump Volleyball Training

• Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

• Founder & Head Coach

  • Sep 2013 - Oct 2015

  Upon retiring as a professional volleyball player, I created a company to help and inspire young volleyball players to learn how to achieve their goals and unleash their full potential. I planned and delivered high quality training to 2000+ athletes from across Canada and France while managing all aspects of business development and administration. I had the chance of delivering need-sensitive coaching to indigenous and Inuit athletes from the Yukon, the NWT and Nunavik communities. I also reached over 5 million people with a successful volleyball coaching podcast and Youtube channel meant to make high level concepts and knowledge accessible to a large audience at no cost.



Volleyball Canada

• Canada
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Men's senior B team assistant coach

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Men's Senior B team assistant coach Men's Senior B team assistant coach



Volleyball Canada

• Canada
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Professional Volleyball player

  • May 2006 - Sep 2013

  Trained daily and represented Canada at international competitions. I was named captain of the team in 2008 and as such I had support the relationships between players and staff on top of representing the team with the media and at various functions in the community. Through this experience, I developed habits to achieve the highest levels of success and excellence and worked in an environment that fostered qualities such as a growth mindset, coachability, self-drive and discipline, Trained daily and represented Canada at international competitions. I was named captain of the team in 2008 and as such I had support the relationships between players and staff on top of representing the team with the media and at various functions in the community. Through this experience, I developed habits to achieve the highest levels of success and excellence and worked in an environment that fostered qualities such as a growth mindset, coachability, self-drive and discipline,