He holds a Diploma in Technical Theatre from Mount Royal College, a B.F.A. in Drama from the University of Calgary and a M.F.A. from the University of British Columbia focusing on Scenery and Lighting design. He has been teaching at the university and college level for the past 13 years in the USA. He has taught in Minnesota, Illinois and most recently Louisiana where he was the lighting and projection design faculty at LSU in Baton Rouge.