Curriculum Vitae
Security leadership, public service, and the software work in between.
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Work experience
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Manager, Network and Information Security
Yukon Territorial Government
- Lead the network, VoIP, and information security teams
- Oversee day-to-day network and cybersecurity operations
- Oversee deployment and management of VoIP infrastructure and endpoints
Mar 2026 – current
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Information Security Systems Architect
Yukon Territorial Government
- Designed and implemented enterprise security solutions including hybrid cloud deployments
Jun 2023 – Mar 2026
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Member of the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- Served on the Standing Committee on Families and Communities
- Official Opposition Deputy House Leader, Infrastructure Critic, and Democracy and Ethics Critic
- Member of the Government Caucus (2015–2019)
- Served on various legislative committees
May 2015 – May 2023
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Software Developer
Phase Advanced Sensors Systems
- Designed and developed industrial control system (ICS) software for prototype sensors
- Received a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Award (IUSRA) scholarship
2014 – 2015
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Software Consultant
- Designed, developed, and maintained software integrations and databases for various organizations
- Developed email integrations for digital organizing tools
- Experience with Heroku, AWS, Azure, DigitalOcean, and other cloud providers and platforms
- Performed data analytics and reporting
2013 – current
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Computer Service Technician
Gigatech Systems Inc.
- Provided end-user technical sales and service support
2010 – 2015
Education
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MS Cybersecurity
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
- Master of Science in Cybersecurity, in progress
- Cyber Fellow Scholarship recipient
Sep 2023 – expected 2027
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BSc. Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
Western Governors University
- Completed a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
- Received two Academic Excellence Awards for Exceptional Work in "Emerging Technologies in Cybersecurity"
- Received an Academic Excellence Award for Exceptional Work in "English Composition I"
Nov 2022
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University Certificate in Computing and Information Systems
Athabasca University
- Achieved a 3.91 GPA
- Completed courses in operating systems, programming, interactive technologies, web applications, computer networking, databases, systems analysis and design, and educational psychology
Nov 2022
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BSc. Computing Science (Hon.)
University of Alberta
- Attended the Computing Science program until elected to the Alberta Legislature
- Received an Academic Excellence Scholarship (2013)
- Received an NSERC IUSRA scholarship (2014)
Sep 2013 – May 2015
Certifications
- ISACA CISM
- Offensive Security OSEP, OSCP
- CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, CySA+
- Cloud Security Alliance CCSK
- ITIL 4 Foundations
- Kaggle Intro to Machine Learning, Data Visualization
- HackerRank Certificate in C#, Python, SQL (Intermediate)
- Google IT Support Professional
Honours and awards
2022 Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal for contributions to the Province of Alberta
Skills
- Experienced in Python, Go, C#, Java, JavaScript, and C++, and quick to pick up new languages
- "Hacker" status on HackTheBox (HTB)
- Full stack web development
Additional experience
CTF
- PicoCTF 2023: top scorer on the 5th-place team (YegSecCTF)
- Deadface CTF 2022: top scorer on a top-10 team, 1,000+ competitors
- MagpieCTF 2023: top scorer, 1st place overall
- GeekWeek 9 CTF: 1st place time
- HackTheBox Dante Pro Lab: 100% complete
Talks
- DEF CON 31: War Stories speaker
- Check Point CPX 2024: Security Orchestration and Automation Response using Check Point Firewalls and Azure Sentinel
- BSides Edmonton 2024, 2025
- YEGSec: C2 Frameworks - Primer for Security Professionals (Edmonton Information Security Professionals Group)
Misc.
- Discovered a vulnerability in the Alberta Government COVID-19 vaccine passport website and disclosed it to Alberta Health