Executive AI Leadership & Capital Delivery.
This is the hiring-manager version: my dual CEO platform, highest-leverage advisory work, and the structural operating record behind the positioning.
Where I operate today.
Canadian Funding
Helping growing businesses across North America secure vital capital, navigate government grants, and operationalize their cash flow to fuel scale. I lead the firm alongside broader technology implementation mandates.
Feb 2026 - Present • CanadaAI Forward
An AI consultancy building production-grade systems for small and mid-sized businesses. I lead P&L, client scoping, architecture across 30+ client engagements, and manage a team of practitioners and partners.
Oct 2022 - Present • Toronto, ONFractional CAIO & CTO Mandates
Fractional leadership across scaling organizations like Hexona Systems and Sayvo.ai. I act as an executive partner to CEOs, designing ROI-driven product roadmaps and robust SaaS deployments.
2025 - Present • Multiple CompaniesCorporate AI Training Seminars
Bridging the adoption gap by upskilling technical ICs and educating leadership teams on strategic AI integration. Driving organizational fluency so teams can successfully maintain what we build.
Ongoing • ConsultingRoles that shaped the range.
Deloitte
Jun 2021 - Oct 2022AI Consultant and National NLP Lead
- Scaled the NLP Center of Excellence to more than 20 practitioners in under 18 months.
- Built a flagship deployment accelerator that reduced project timelines by 50% across multiple engagements.
- Contributed to more than $10M in new NLP contract value through technical pre-sales and architecture.
Paperstack
Jun 2021 - Dec 2022Fractional Chief AI Officer
- Owned the AI function for a fintech startup founded by a Forbes 30 Under 30 team.
- Architected the end-to-end data platform enabling real-time analytics during expansion to $10M ARR.
- Presented AI innovations to Peter Norvig (Google) and received direct product endorsement.
PFES and Statistics Canada
2020 - 2021AI Engineer, Consultant, and Data Scientist
- Built a Flask-based analytics application at Statistics Canada with 92-97% accuracy for financial data.
- Developed a LiDAR and GIS-based forest inventory model at PFES that reduced processing time by 40%.
Strategy, Systems, Capital & Training.
I work best where AI architecture, financial reality, stakeholder training, and business value all need to align.
Formal Grounding.
- BA (Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics, Mount Allison University
- Reisman Award and President's Scholarship recipient
- Stanford Machine Learning Specialization
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- Tableau Iron Viz Global Top 10