The life that
made me, me.

01 / Where the entrepreneurial thread began

I started
when I was 14.

Building businesses began early for me. At 14, I was already starting down a path that would become a recurring part of my life: seeing an opportunity and wanting to make something of it.

That thread has continued through founding companies, buying and selling businesses, and developing companies that were still at an early or undeveloped stage. I’ve brought businesses to market, worked with other owners, and found myself returning to the process of building.

Growing up in Muskoka, I was drawn to sport, the outdoors and the freedom of making something happen for myself. Watersports instruction gave that instinct a practical purpose: creating an experience people could trust, enjoy and remember.

That early start helps explain why I keep returning to new ideas. A company name captures one chapter. The urge to create, develop, and bring something into the world has followed me across many of them.

02 / A life on snow & water

Professional snowboarding.
Professional wakeboarding.

I'm a former professional snowboarder and wakeboarder which is where my competitive, adventurous spirit comes from. Competing at a professional level taught me to never settle for mediocracy and expect nothing but the best of myself and the team I surround myself with.

Professional sport is only one chapter of my story in the vast Canadian outdoors. Along the way, there's been travel and photography, camping and kiteboarding. I count down until the first snowfall every year, and the first time I get to put my boat in the water and grab my fishing rod.

Although I've been spoiled by the most incredible sunsets and adventure at every turn, the family farm has kept me grounded. It still does.

03 / Determination. Family. The work of rebuilding.

Rebuilding myself.
Building for my family.

While I was recovering from a badly broken leg, I was personally building a new home for my family. My wife was expecting. For six months, I had a PICC line for IV treatment six times a day. All of it was happening at once.

The home was more than a project. It was where we were going to raise our family. I was building it myself while working through treatment and recovery, with a child on the way and a future I wanted to help create.

That chapter says more about my determination than a list of accomplishments ever could. Being a father means taking responsibility for the life we are building together. During that time, that responsibility was deeply personal—and very practical.

I was rebuilding my own life while building a place for ours. The injury belongs in my story, but so does what mattered enough to keep working toward: my family, our home, and the life ahead of us.

These are my own X-rays—a glimpse of what was happening behind that chapter.

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Medical imagery: these photographs show X-rays and surgical hardware.

Determination has a purpose for me. It is the people I love, the responsibilities I take on, and the future I am willing to work for. That is the person behind the work.

04 / Building takes different forms

Companies.
Homes. New ideas.

I’ve founded, bought, sold, and developed companies. I’ve worked with businesses that still needed to be built out and brought to market. I’ve also rebuilt homes. These are different kinds of work, but each is part of my hands-on background.

My commercial career has included Hayes Timber, SiriusXM Canada, sales with Porsche, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz, and the development of consumer and digital brands. Marketing and consulting are also part of that experience.

Through leadership at Hayes Timber, I’ve delivered average annual revenue growth of 15–20%. Agreements up to $4.5 million. At SiriusXM, I achieved top 1% company-wide sales performance and developed relationships with more than 300 dealerships. Across Porsche and Audi, I ranked in the top 5% nationally.

I know what it takes to keep a business moving—and I notice when the tools get in the way. That’s what drew me into application development. I bring a commercial eye, a creative streak and an owner’s insistence that every part earn its place. The design gets your attention. What happens behind it has to justify keeping it.

I’m building applications that connect platforms, sharpen decisions and put complicated work in order—from social publishing and analytics to business operations and career management. I question the process before I build the system. If there’s a better way to run it, I want to find it—and make it work.

05 / Finishing school & continuing to learn

Education is
another part of me.

Finishing school matters in the story I want to tell. My education includes a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies with a Marketing focus at Western University, and an Advanced Diploma in Graphic Design from Fanshawe College.

I completed the Canadian Securities Course (CSC), and my education also includes CFA preparation. I undertook those studies during a period when I was redirecting my life to help care for my former father-in-law as he recovered from a devastating accident after a tree fell on him.

Learning and family responsibility were happening together. That chapter belongs in my story because it reflects the choices I made about where I needed to be, who needed my support, and how I could keep moving forward.

That marketing and design background sits alongside my commercial experience and my interest in photography, brands, and digital applications. My learning has also come through building companies, professional sport, travel, and working with other businesses.

I continue to find new things I want to understand and make. Application development is one current expression of that interest.

06 / Seeing more of the world

Photography.
Travel. Perspective.

I am also a photographer, and I have travelled around the world. A camera is another way of connecting with a place and deciding what is worth noticing. Photography brings a creative dimension to my life alongside my marketing and design background.

I love the outdoors: the water, the mountains, camping, and Ontario. That combination of exploration and connection to home is important to me. I can be drawn to somewhere new and still care deeply about the place I come back to.

There is room in my life for the experience itself: being somewhere, seeing something, spending time outdoors, and bringing a little of that perspective home.

07 / The centre of my life

I’m a father
of two.

My children are three and seven as I write this in 2026. Being their father is at the centre of my life.

Family comes first. The businesses, the travelling, the applications, and the opportunities are all parts of my life. Being a father gives that life a deeply personal centre.

I love camping, the outdoors, the water, and the mountains, and I love family. Those things belong in the same account of who I am, alongside the professional snowboarding and wakeboarding, the education, the businesses, and the experience of rebuilding.

Today, all of those chapters are still with me. I have things I am proud of, things I have had to overcome, and more I want to create. Above all, I am a father of two children I love.

08 / The working chapters

The experience
behind the work.

09 / The people who know me

What lasts
is how you show up.

A career tells you what someone has done. The people who have worked beside them, shared the long days and stayed in their life can tell you something else: what they are like to count on.

In personal references shared with me, longtime friends, colleagues and a former business partner return to the same themes: curiosity, generosity, loyalty and follow-through. Their observations matter to me because they come from ordinary moments—working through a difficult job, helping someone without keeping score, or taking the time to make a stranger feel welcome.

Curiosity that starts a conversation.

A longtime friend describes someone who wants to know your story: what you do, how you do it, where you have been and what you loved about it. That interest in people has followed me from Muskoka to Whistler, across my travels and into the relationships behind my businesses.

Commitment that survives the hard part.

A colleague who has worked beside me on demanding jobs speaks about reliability, persistence and keeping my word. I value that kind of trust. An agreement creates an expectation; following through is what gives the relationship a future.

Patience that helps someone move forward.

A former watersports business partner remembers the care I brought to instruction, especially when a student needed a different approach. He recalls watching me patiently build a young learner’s confidence until they could share an experience on the water. For me, that is a meaningful kind of leadership: paying attention, earning trust and helping someone take their next step.

These are personal observations, not a list of professional awards. Together, they describe the person I aim to be—as a father, a friend, a colleague and an entrepreneur. Someone who brings energy, takes responsibility and makes room for other people to succeed.

Paraphrased from personal references supplied for this biography. Names and contact details remain private.