A seasoned executive with experience as the Commanding Officer of the Canadian Forces School of Administration and Logistics; Chief of Staff at the Canadian Forces College; a Senior Staff Officer on the US Joint Staff, NATO, and UN Headquarters; a Project Manager with the Canadian Commercial Company; experience in Europe, the US, the Middle East, the Balkans and Africa; Operational tours in the Middle East, Bosnia and the Sudan, Liaison Officer in the Strategic Headquarters (The Pentagon) and most recently a Senior Planning Advisor with Defence Research and Development Canada at the Department of National Defence.