I've been playing drums since I was 11 and had enough instruction in school to learn to read and dabble in some tuned percussion. I've since played with different groups and players in styles such as rock, jazz, blues, country, and even classical among others.

Media

• She Arrives, album by The Habit
• Promotional Video for The Main and Abbott Dance Band
• Promotional Video for Dirty Little Secret
• Saint-Saëns, "Dance Macabre" with the Kanata Symphony Orchestra
• Untitled, album by The Habit
• Live at NXNE 2011, live album by Halabisky's Uprising
• "Enough", music video by The Habit
• Safe House, album by The Habit

Current Groups

• Main & Abbott Dance Band (big band jazz)
• Polar Reefers (gulf and western, Jimmy Buffet tribute)
• The Habit (folk-rock)
• Also Known As (jazz)
• Wander Automatic (experimental rock)

Past groups

• Dirty Little Secret (rock and blues)
• Kanata Symphony Orchestra (classical)
• New Jazz Lounge Combination (jazz-lounge)
• Inglewood Jack (jazz fusion)
• Wandering Life Sign (indie rock)
• The Dive Bombers (progressive rock)
• Hum Generator (rock)
• Planet Zero (alternative rock)

Musical Theatre

• The Wizard of Oz (Lakeside Players, 2025)
• Snow White (Lakeside Players, 2024)
• Rapunzel (Lakeside Players, 2023)
• Jack & the Beanstalk (Lakeside Players, 2022)
• Rock of Ages (Orpheus Musical Theatre Society, 2020)
• Cinderella (Lakeside Players, 2019)
• Nunsense (Kanata Theatre, 2019)
• Alice in Wonderland (Lakeside Players, 2018)
• Cry Baby (Theatre Kraken, 2018)
• Godspell (9th Hour, 2018)
• Beauty and the Beast (Lakeside Players, 2017)
• Sister Act (Suzart Productions, 2017)
• Little Shop of Horrors (Theatre Kraken, 2017)
• Once Upon a Time (Lakeside Players, 2016)
• Camelot (Lakeside Players, 2015)
• The Sleeping Beauty (Lakeside Players, 2014)
• Cabaret (Sockin' Buskin', 2002)

Notable Mentions

• Karma Code (cover band, various)
• Cuppa Soup Dixieland Jazz Combo (dixieland jazz)
• Ottawa Pocket Jazz Band (jazz)
• The 248 Collective Band (jazz)
• Red Woodshed (big band jazz)
• Big Band Ottawa (big band jazz)

I started using computers early using a Tandy Color Computer which began an interest that turned into a career as an IT professional. Most of my time is spent using Unix-based OSes running Open Source software.

Work and projects

• Have been running somaradio.ca and its infrastructure since 2001.
• Former contributor and foundation member of the GNOME project.
• Former contributor to GnomeICU.
• Volunteer for the Business of Open Source Symposium and the Ottawa Linux Symposium.
• IT professional programming, sysadmin'ing and everything in between.

Interests

• Linux and BSD operating systems
• Java Ecosystem (JDK, Jakarta EE) and C
• Free and Open Source software
• Simple solutions with minimal dependencies
• Self-hosting