About Me
Military and Civilian Experience
Educational Background
Awards and Recognitions
Who is Jason?
I am a decorated veteran and commander who leads from the front and by example.
My career spans over 20 years, during which I have excelled in
program design, military crisis management, operations management, corporate leadership, and stakeholder facilitation and engagement. Since transitioning into academia, I have specialized in policy discourse surrounding disaster risk reduction, community disaster resilience, and crisis and emergency risk management.
I have extensive experience leading projects, managing large departments, coaching and mentoring commanders and followers in transformational and high-performance leadership, and employing advanced instructional techniques to educate adult learners.
I have always stood out as a compassionate leader who develops superior plans through consensus building and collaboration while championing the welfare of my team and continuously learning from experience and those with experience.
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21 Years of Service
"Learning From Experiences and Those With Experience."
Senior Instructor - Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School
Pioneered COVID-Era Training Solutions: Spearheaded the development and iteration of Canada’s first national basic training courses for enlisted personnel and officers during the COVID-19 pandemic, implementing research-driven best practices and KPIs to maintain safety and operational excellence.
Transformational Leadership Coaching: Empowered instructors and senior leaders through advanced instructional techniques and transformational leadership coaching, resulting in measurable improvements in performance metrics and overall readiness levels.
Leadership & DEI Mentorship: Mentored instructor teams and course recruits in leadership, excellence, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), successfully transitioning diverse groups into cohesive, high-performing teams with enhanced socio-cultural awareness.
Advanced Skills Development: Designed and led advanced skill programs, elevating the instructional capabilities of up to 400 instructors annually, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence in training.
Efficient Course Administration: Streamlined administrative functions including budgeting, reporting, and personnel management, ensuring seamless course execution and optimal resource allocation.
Outcome Highlights:
- Cross-instiutional export COVID-19 Safe Training Methodology
- COVID-19 Basic Military Qualification Course
- COVID-19 Basic Military Officer Qualification Course
- Forces wide training revision, C7A2 Manual of Arms Revision 1.0.02
- Champion for Canadian Forces Aboriginal Entry Program
- Awarded School Commandants Commendatio
Acting Deputy Director
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Outcome Highlights:
- Company operational readiness maintained
- Successfully met all deployment and tasking demands
Managed administrative functions for department of over 120 members during high tempo period, including personnel taskings, deployments, training schedules, and operational reports.
Primary liaison between headquarters, ensuring effective communication and coordination.
Managed the implementation of training programs aimed at improving combat readiness and tactical skills.
Acting Deputy Director - Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Leadership in High-Tempo Operations: Directed administrative functions for a high-performing department of over 120 personnel during a demanding operational period, expertly managing taskings, deployments, training schedules, and operational reporting.
Strategic Communication Liaison: Served as the primary liaison between company headquarters and field units, ensuring seamless communication and coordination across all levels of operation.
Combat Readiness & Tactical Training: Spearheaded the implementation of training programs focused on enhancing combat readiness and tactical proficiency, directly contributing to the unit’s operational success.
Outcome Highlights:
- Maintained peak operational readiness during critical periods.
- Successfully met and exceeded all deployment and tasking demands, ensuring mission success.
Assistant Manager
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Outcome Highlights:
- Successful domestic deployment to combat BC wildfires
- Transition of vehicle fleet through lifecycle upgrades
- Departmental operational capacity increased through leadership
Supported the manager in planning and executing training exercises and operational missions based on shared vision.
Conducted briefings and debriefings, ensuring clear communication of mission objectives and outcomes, which improved mission clarity and execution.
Developed followers, providing mentorship and guidance to enhance their leadership and advanced skill capabilities.
Maintained equipment, supplies, ensuring operational readiness and accountability, reducing equipment shortages.
Operations Coordinator
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Outcome Highlights:
- Improved capabilities of allied partners in multi-national event
- Safer operating environments through program rollout
- Increased operational readiness and standards
- Successful domestic deployment to combat MB wildfires
- Improved public relations through engagement
- International (US) operational readiness validation
- Earned Top Senior Non-Commisioned Officer Award
- Silver Medal Standing as top Canadian military team leader
Maintained operational readiness of multi-million-dollar fleet of military vehicles and equipment.
Mentored and led specialist project teams of up to 45 members.
Developed and coached specialist programs for institution of over 800 members. Training program and coaches for multi-national training event deployed abroad. Writing board subject-matter expert that created, tested, and operationally fielded new institutional standard operating procedures manual.
Developed and led community engagement efforts, including public speaking and open house events, built relationships with local institutions and leaders, and coached soldiers in communication skills.
Assistant Logistics Manager
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Outcome Highlights:
- Successful domestic deployment to combat AB floods
- Sustained improvements to operational readiness
Managed repairs, maintenance, supply, and equipment replacement, ensuring quality control and reporting, and identifying improvement areas based on NATO standards.
Improved department operational equipment readiness rate to over 80% through diligent material management and inter-department networking, enabling rapid deployments.
Unique Roles:
Executive Assistant
Specialist
Outcome Highlights:
- 100% safe operations and operational security
- Synthesization and communication of high-value information
- Awarded Task Force Commanders Commendation
Comprehensive administrative support to the deputy director, including managing schedules, coordinating communications, liaising with department sections, and facilitating efficient operations.
Collaborated with global partners, including the Five Eyes community, to enable strategic decision-making processes by acquiring and synthesizing timely and relevant information into actionable intelligence.
Strategic advisement up to the ministerial level through briefings and reports.
Other Roles:
Assistant Team Leader
Claims Specialist (Travel)
Recruiting Coordinator (Primary Reserve)
Assistant Office Manager
Specialist Equipment Operator
Outcome Highlights:
- Exceeded annual recruiting targets
- Restored administrative functions to a delinquent department
- Awarded Commanding Officer's Commendation for administrative excellence
- International (UK) bronze standing for excellence as junior leader
Assessed, mentored individuals and teams through quarterly and annual reviews.
Expert travel claims services for over 1,700 students and faculty.
Coordinated recruiting activities, managing and tracking applicant files, across 9 recruiting offices across Vancouver Island, qualified as a national recruiter.
Collaborated with federal, provincial, and private partners to conduct joint recruiting events
Established recruiting guidelines and practices aligning with regional and federal policies.
Supervised organizational administrative functioning for over 150 personnel.
Provision of clerical services facilitating leave, claims, pay, travel, and records keeping.
Civilian Experience
Complementing his military career, Jason has also had a diverse range of complementary professional civilian experiences managing a Personal Training Fitness Boutique, providing Private Security, and working directly with consumers in luxury goods retail.
Private Security
Secured liability up to ~CA$4.0 million throughout northern Alberta.
Enabled corporate optimizations by advising on use-of-force programming leading to safer work environments.
Maintained annual Authorization to Carry for Western Canada.
Boutique Manager
Successfully managed the marketing, sub-contracting and hiring, business development, and product development and implementation of a small family owned and operated business with CA$150,000 in annual gross sales, boosting sales, scaling out operations and services, and expanding staffing while exceeding stakeholder expectations.
Luxury Goods Retail
Passionate about delivering exceptional client experiences in luxury goods retail, specializing in high-end jewelry and horological instruments, including Swiss and Japanese fine wristwatches, ensuring customers receivesd personalized attention and expert advice to match their discerning tastes and preferences with the utmost professionalism and discression.
"Achieving continuous success means blending experience and knowledge with learning and the application of current best practices."
Education
Always learning and striving to understand the world around us and how others engage with and perceive these through their own intersectional lens and beliefs.
Academic
- Royal Roads University Master of Arts in Disaster and Emergency Management (2021-2025)
- Camosun College Business Management (2002-2004)
Military Qualifications
(Comprehensive list available upon request)
- Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Instructor;
- General Military Training Instructor;
- NATO Intergender Perspectives;
- Introduction to Gender Based Awareness;
- Bystander Intervention Training;
- Source Handler Operator.
Project Management Institute (PMI™) Certificates
- Agile Foundations;
- Hybrid Team Building with Purpose;
- Communicating Across Cultures Virtually;
- Virtual Performance Reviews and Feedback;
- Onboarding in the Hybrid/Remote Workplace.
International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA™)
- Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA™)
- Business Analysis Foundations.
Continuing Education Certificates
- Manage Remote and Hybrid Teams as a Middle Manager;
- Using AI in the UX Design Process;
- Leading and Managing Successful UX Teams;
- Accountability as a Leader.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- 2024 Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response (ICS-200)
- 2022 Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS-100)
Awards & Achievements
I believe in helping and elevating others to achieve excellence and become their best selves and my results speak for themselves.
Despite this I have consistently received awards for industry excellence.
My ethos and dedication have equally been tested in some of the most challenging environments including medal standings in the United Kingdom Cambrian Patrol and Canadian Patrol Concentration.