Hired in November 2019, completed master's degree in December from Simon Fraser U in Burnaby, B.C., and started analyzing pro players for Kraken in early January 2020. Conducted and published research across several sports (basketball, football, and rowing) as a student. Interned with the NBA. Part of the first-place team in the Student Division of the 2018 NFL Big Data Bowl for a project using AWS Next Gen data to identify pass routes, and then analyze routes' success rates and big-play capability. Heavily recruited, he chose Kraken in large part because GM Francis was an early innovator in hockey analytics (starting in 2015).

Basketball was his sport in high school in his native Vancouver. Played "ball hockey, road hockey, but not organized hockey." His brothers both played ice hockey, and his dad is a lifelong NHL fan whose favorite all-time player is ... Ron Francis.