Bilingual in English and French, I’m originally a jazz tenor saxophonist by trade and a devoted CBC Radio One listener since childhood. I was born in Regina, grew up mostly in Calgary, and studied music at McGill University from 1992-1996. After finishing at McGill and getting married to a Calgary girl, I moved to Halifax with her so that she could train in medicine at Dalhousie University. We quickly fell in love with the East Coast and we’ve stayed in Nova Scotia ever since. Currently, we live in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
I’ve been a stay-at-home dad since around 2004, but the bulk of my professional experience has been in marketing research, music performance, and IT project management. Since university, I’ve worked in various technical, HR, marketing and sales positions with software and technology companies in Halifax and Montreal. I’m also a car nut and a voracious consumer of music. Presently, I research and write about music, cars, technology, software, and the internet. I also serve as Vice President of Programming on the Board of Directors for JazzEast Rising Association, producers of the wonderful TD Halifax Jazz Festival each July.
Our family is rounded out by three absolutely fabulous kids, two Labrador Retrievers, and at the moment — environment be damned — two SUVs.