Operating Record

The full picture.

Current platforms, past track record, and credentials. The PDF version is the hiring-manager format — concise, one page.

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$10M+
Commercial Impact
30+
Delivery Engagements
20+
Practitioners Scaled
50%
Timeline Reduction
Current

Where I operate today.

Founder & CEO

AI Forward

An AI consultancy I founded in 2022. We build production-grade systems — NLP, computer vision, agentic automation — for small and mid-sized businesses. I lead P&L, client scoping, and architecture across 30+ engagements.

Oct 2022 – Present • Toronto, ON
CEO

Canadian Funding

Helping businesses across North America find and secure government grants, SR&ED credits, and strategic capital. I run the firm and integrate capital strategy with the technology work I do through AI Forward.

Feb 2026 – Present • Canada
Fractional CAIO & CTO

Fractional Mandates

A small number of embedded engagements with scaling organizations — most recently Hexona Systems and Sayvo.ai. Acting as executive partner on product roadmaps, architecture decisions, and delivery.

2025 – Present • Multiple companies
Corporate Training

AI Workshops & Seminars

Half-day and full-day workshops for organizations rolling out AI. I work with both leadership and technical teams — the executive framing and the hands-on implementation side, depending on the room.

Ongoing
Background

Roles that shaped the range.

Deloitte

Jun 2021 – Oct 2022

AI Consultant & National NLP Lead

  • Scaled the NLP Center of Excellence to 20+ practitioners in under 18 months.
  • Built a deployment accelerator that reduced project timelines by 50% across the practice.
  • Contributed to $10M+ in new NLP contract value through pre-sales and architecture leadership.

Paperstack

Jun 2021 – Dec 2022

Fractional Chief AI Officer

  • Owned the AI function for a fintech startup founded by a Forbes 30 Under 30 team.
  • Architected the data platform that supported the company's expansion to $10M ARR.
  • Work presented to and endorsed by Peter Norvig, former Chief Scientist at Google.

PFES & Statistics Canada

2020 – 2021

AI Engineer & Data Scientist

  • Built a financial analytics application at Statistics Canada achieving 92–97% accuracy on structured data.
  • Developed a LiDAR and GIS-based forest inventory model at PFES, reducing processing time by 40%.
Capabilities

Where I work best.

At the intersection of AI architecture, business constraints, stakeholder alignment, and financial reality.

AI Strategy Fractional Leadership Corporate Training Capital Navigation NLP & Computer Vision GCP & AWS Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Education & Credentials

The formal side.

  • BA (Hons) Computer Science & Mathematics, Mount Allison University
  • Reisman Award & President's Scholarship
  • Stanford Machine Learning Specialization
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
  • Tableau Iron Viz — Global Top 10