Ottawa Operations Manager & Forensic Engineer
OCI Group (Formerly Origin and Cause Inc.)
Ottawa, Ontario
April 2024 – Present
Forensic EIT
Origin and Cause Inc.
Ottawa, Ontario
June 2019 – April 2024
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Conducted structural and electrical equipment fire investigations, scene examinations, documentation, and evidence collection
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Completed forensic investigations involving research, failure analysis and reporting
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Investigated electrical and electronic appliance and equipment malfunctions
Junior Research and Development Engineer
Communications Research Centre Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
January 2018 – May 2018
- Utilized C++ and C to engineer programs designed to work with a larger project
- Assisted researchers in developing a prototype system that monitored and analyzed spectrum usage in real time
- Envisioned, developed, and synthesized code that gathered all diagnostic information through object-oriented programming
- Optimized GPS technology to a larger degree of accuracy using RTK technology
Junior Forensic Investigator and Engineer
Origin and Cause
Mississauga, Ontario
May 2017 – September 2017
- Analyzed circuits, and determined methods and modes of failure by testing continuity of circuits, and applying core circuit theory and electronics concepts
- Operated various tools and equipment to conceptualize, build and develop equipment used to test evidence
- Conducted arc mapping and scene documentation
- Critically and logically broke down the sequence and mapped the timeline of origin, first fuel ignited and ignition source
- Provided metallurgical and mechanical analysis of faucets, toilet connectors, conduits and vehicles
- Attended over 27 fire scenes working alongside seasoned engineers
- Present at 53 in/out of lab examinations with parties with a vested interest
- Created an 18-page initial document for the business continuity and disaster recovery plan
Evidence Coordinator
Origin and Cause
Mississauga, Ontario
- Handled, maintained and organized the evidence for both storage facilities for quick and expedited retrieval upon examination
- Optimized space by devising and implementing a new storage method (to which they use today) to increase efficiency
