Explorer, edgewalker, and builder of sustainable, healthy businesses.

For the first 30 years of my life, galvanized by ego and unbridled ambition, I was in a perpetual rush, constantly juggling many balls. I tried to be everything to everyone around me. The success I was seeking was not mine, but a version of the familiar crusade for a perfect and full life of material success, high-performance, and achievement. And it seemed to work for a while, until it all caught up to me.

In burnout mode, fresh off a stint at a top-tier management consulting firm, I had my first deep revelation: “slow down” and take stock. I pivoted to looking at things from a different perspective, seeking to define what success and purpose looked like to me. Multiple solo trips to South Asia awoke the undernourished poet, philosopher, and seeker in me.

I took breaks from business several times, choosing to sit quietly in caves, on mountaintops and river banks, listening, conversing and learning about life. I became a yoga teacher, student of meditation, and avid life-philosopher. This journey of personal development returned me each time to the importance of vocation and our right work here, and dedicated my professional life to it.

I’ve spent the last fifteen years in this sandbox, learning. I have started and scaled progressive companies, and accompanied mission-driven leaders on their own entrepreneurial journeys, sweating, toiling, laughing, and grinding. I’ve been there, and know what it takes to bring a startup to a 100+ employee base, raise a series A, and top line to in excess of $25M.

An elder around the campfire.

Now I’m a Certified Integral Coach (from New Ventures West) and on my way to being an ACC Certified Coach of the International Coaching Federation. I harness the full arsenal of what I have learned and experienced

• In the somatic and cognitive realms

• With my intuition and empathy

• From the academic, deep business and entrepreneurial worlds

• In the ever-connected field that nature has provided us a remembering of

In addition to running my own coaching practice, I work inside some of Canada’s top impact accelerators (Esplanade,  Espace Inc. and Purppl) as a mentor and leadership development guide.

I hold an MBA from INSEAD and a Bachelor’s of Engineering (Civil) from McGill University. I’m loosely based out of my home town of Montreal and can still be found exploring regularly, especially lately in Canada’s awesome British Columbia.