Hometown: Johannesburg, South Africa

Current: Indian Harbour, Nova Scotia

Employer: DRYWORLD Industries

Program: Marine Engineering, Bachelor of Technology, Masters of Technology Management

Graduation Year: 2012

“Both MI and Memorial provided an ideal place to succeed academically. I was privileged to work alongside Dr. Mervin Marshall for four years. We successfully published the first peer reviewed technical paper from a student/faculty at MI. Dr. Marshall remains a good friend of mine. As the first graduates of the MTM program, the exceptional professors provided all the support necessary to apply the material to my current business endeavors.

I began working for DRYWORLD Industries in 2012 and helped establish the company, which began in Victoria, BC by Matt Weingart and Brian McKenzie, former Canadian national level rugby players. I played rugby with McKenzie while I was attending MI.

I became president of DRYWORLD Industries in June, 2013. We are a small, young, innovative Canadian company and are competing directly with Nike, Adidas and Under Armour. Every day is a challenge and I thrive off these challenges in order to grow our company successfully. We get out what we put in.”