I'm a senior technology executive and hands-on operator. Today I'm building a new AI-enabled intelligent transportation practice at Esri Canada, and building AI products of my own after hours. The throughline: using technology to make it safer and easier for millions of people to move through their cities.
My work comes down to one goal: making it safer and easier for millions of people to move through their cities. I've spent three decades in technology, and the throughline has been building new things from the ground up. New practices, new businesses, new ways of using data to solve stubborn urban problems.
At TELUS, I built and led Smart Cities, Intelligent Transportation, and IoT initiatives, drove partner sales, led a major strategic investment, and closed major public-sector contracts. Today I'm doing it again at Esri Canada, building a new AI-enabled intelligent transportation practice from scratch, grounded in GeoAI, knowledge graphs, digital twins, and an emerging agentic AI roadmap.
I don't just direct this work. I build it. After years in executive roles, I've made a delightful return to my coding past, using AI to build products hands-on and to understand where the technology is really headed.
I also translate complex ideas for wider audiences through my Substack, Rethink Toronto, along with the Toronto Star, five published books, radio, and conference stages across Canada and the US. I've taught at Algoma University and Humber College. Outside work, I'm an avid squash player and live in Toronto with my wife of more than 20 years and our two teenage kids.
As Director of Intelligent Transportation Solutions at Esri Canada, I'm building a new practice around digital twins of city transportation networks. Combined with GeoAI and spatial analytics, they let cities test decisions before making them and move people and goods more safely and efficiently.
I build AI products hands-on, from agentic tools to knowledge-graph applications, and bring that builder's fluency to how transportation and public-sector organizations adopt AI responsibly.
I've built new lines of business, led strategic investments, and closed major public-sector deals. I focus on turning emerging technology into partnerships, go-to-market strategy, and revenue.
Through Rethink Toronto, the Toronto Star, and five published books on technology, I translate complex topics into ideas people can understand and act on.
I speak at conferences, appear on radio, and lead workshops on transportation, cities, AI, and digital transformation, making complex topics accessible.
I've taught leadership, communications, and project management at Algoma University and launched an IT bridging program at Humber College for newcomers to Canada.
Whether you're interested in speaking, collaboration, media inquiries, or just want to talk about cities, I'd love to hear from you.