Work Experience

Madrone Consultants Ltd. Ecology and Earth Sciences, Prince George, BC (March 2000): Private contractor conducting owl surveys in the Vanderhoof Forest District. Spontaneous call surveys and call playback techniques were used.

Peace/Williston Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program (PWFWCP), Prince George, BC (Spring 1999): Contract field technician for amphibian surveys. Duties included conducting amphibian surveys to standard protocol. Pond searches were conducted in the afternoon; breeding call surveys were conducted between dusk and midnight. This job involved extended stays in the back country of North Central British Columbia and as such required the use of specific equipment: Global Positioning System (GPS), Emergency Position Radio Beacon (EPRB), satellite phone, and radio operation. The area has a large grizzly and black bear population and required keen bear awareness skills. Access to remote areas required the safe operation of a four-wheel drive pick-up truck on both active and inactive logging roads.

University of Nevada, Reno, (Summer 1999): Member of three-person survey team conducting a herpetofauna survey on the 58,680 ha Hawthorne Army Depot. The land surveyed encompassed both desert and mountainous terrain. Work conditions were as challenging as they were enjoyable; extremely hot (usually above 40 °C), long hours, often beginning early in the morning and ending after midnight, 7 days a week. During this time herpetofauna species were documented and species collected to standard protocol. Foot searches of the surrounding mountains and desert were done in the early morning while night time driving surveys on the base proper were done in the evening. I lived and worked in close quarters with two other technicians for three months, we were a relatively unsupervised team. The project was completed on time and under budget. For the project specifics and results, the final report written by my supervisor click here: An Inventory of the Herpetofauna of Hawthorne Army Depot.

Technical Positions

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) BC Chapter, Vancouver, BC (Spring 2002): Developed an image database web application utilizing PHP and MySQL. CPAWS required a secure password protected web application that would allow access to the site for multiple category image searches, downloads, and uploads. The web application and its documentation had to be prepared in a manner catering to a non-technical audience.

GeoReference Online Ltd., Vancouver, BC (Winter 2002): My role as web manager was to ensure that the company's business processes dependent on web technology proceeded unhindered by web-related issues. This position required excellent research, organizational, and communication skills as information about company servers and applications had to be documented and logged for future web managers. This was a work term position while I was studying at BCIT (see www.georeferenceonline.com ).

Federal Government Census Representative, Prince George, BC (Spring 2001): Some of the tasks required of me as a Canada Census Representative were interacting with the public in a professional manner, door to door route planning, checking forms for errors, secondary and tertiary site visits dependent on well-kept records, and preparing and filing documents.

Assistant Manager of Horizon Distributors Warehouse Workgroup, Burnaby, BC (1993 - 1997): In this position I was charged with scheduling and ensuring that orders were picked efficiently and accurately. Excellent communication and organizational skills were a necessity. I was nominated by my peers in the warehouse workgroup to represent them on the Board of Directors.

BC Transit Driver, Whistler, BC (1990 - 1993): As a municipal transit bus driver I regularly interacted with the public in a professional, courteous manner and collectively supported and maintained the Municipality of Whistler, Whistler Transit, and BC Transit’s public image.

Alpine Ski Industry, Whistler, BC (Winter months 1989 - 1993): Over this time period I primarily worked as a ski instructor but also was a volunteer ski patroller. This position required a positive, encouraging attitude as well as strong interpersonal and communicative skills.