Resume

**Safety Specialist

Builder

Investigator**

Former RCMP Police Officer turned Engineer. Experience building detection systems and investigating complex misuse patterns across systems, networks and products. Expert in designing ML powered monitoring pipelines, automating investigative workflows, and translating emerging threats into scalable technical mitigations. Proven track record responding to critical incidents and collaborating with policy, product, and engineering teams.

Find my work: GitHub

Kaggle

HuggingFace

Technical Skills

Area	Details
Languages	Python, SQL, Scala, Bash
ML/Data Science	scikit-learn, PyTorch, Transformers, pandas, numpy
Data Engineering	Airflow, Spark, Kafka, AWS (S3, Athena, DynamoDB)
Tools & Platforms	Git, Docker, Jupyter, Tableau, Looker, Jira
Specializations	Digital Forensics, Investigations, Infosec, Analytics, Pipelines, LLM Safety, Adversarial Testing, Content Moderation, Anomaly Detection, Incident Response

Projects and Open Source

Alignment Faking Detection Training Pipeline | github.com/bigsnarfdude/mindreader

Developed alignment faking detection system for AI reasoning traces, fine-tuning open-source models (Gemma 3, GPT-OSS) to achieve 0.980 AUROC on the Gold-106 benchmark, outperforming Anthropic’s GPT-4o baseline by 6 percentage points with fully open dataset, models, and evaluation scripts

Mechinterp Experiments on AF Detectors | github.com/bigsnarfdude/lightbright

Built interpretability experiments using GemmaScope-2 sparse autoencoders on Gemma 3 models to investigate alignment faking detection, featuring layer-wise analysis across 62 transformer layers and trained detector models published on HuggingFace

Safety Reasoner Evaluation Framework | github.com/bigsnarfdude/wizard101

Built evaluation framework for AI safety and responsible development, featuring multi-policy classification tools, chain-of-thought monitoring systems for decision transparency, and automated flagging mechanisms to detect reasoning failures and policy violations

LLM Abuse Patterns | github.com/bigsnarfdude/llm-abuse-patterns

Created open-source adversarial testing toolkit for LLM security, containing 500+ jailbreak attempts, novel ensemble detection method based on reasoning trace analysis, and evaluation harness for assessing truthfulness in model reasoning

HuggingFace Datasets

AF Training Data

AF Detection Benchmark

Professional Experience

Banff International Research Station (UBC)

Manager, UBC Math Department | Apr 2022 - Present

Hands-on technical manager with expertise in machine learning and Python programming
Managed end-to-end technical operations for UBC research department across three core domains: (1) network infrastructure (2) multimedia technology (3) computing resources like databases, Wiki, desktops, laptops, file servers
Developed ML classification tools to process data from various operational systems
Manage delivery and support of two custom online web applications and their databases

Pursuit Collection (Banff)

Senior Analyst, Information Technology | Feb 2018 - Apr 2022

Administered and secured SQL Server databases, migrated to Azure, optimising performance and scalability
Predicted revenues using Power BI, ML based computer vision models, and ML Bayesian Monte Carlo simulations
Built Python ETL tools for processing operational data and anomaly detection
Developed executive and operational reports with SSRS and Power BI
Researched and modelled data to forecast visitor numbers, revenue, and sales trends
Spearheaded digital transformation, migrating to an Azure-based data platform

Data Science Consultant

CISSP, CISM, CISA, and ITIL certifications

ML Research Engineer, Neal Foundation (Toronto, ON) Nov 2016 - Jan 2018
Bench Accounting (Vancouver, BC) Jan 2016 - Oct 2016
Snowplow Analytics (London, UK) Jun 2015 - Dec 2015
3 Tier Logic Analytics (Vancouver, BC) Jun 2014 - Jun 2015
Pathful Analytics (Chicago TechStars Company) May 2013 - Jun 2014
Recurse Center (Hacker School NYC / ETSY.com) Sep 2012 - Dec 2012

Key contributions across consulting roles:

Consulted, managed, and delivered data products using Python and Scala for various clients
Secured, configured controls, and built SQL databases in AWS
Developed a big data analytics engine, including analytics and anomaly detection
Created a real-time data processing platform capable of handling millions of transactions daily
Extracted, transformed, and loaded data from sources such as the Twitter firehose, Facebook, YouTube, Google Analytics, Google Maps, and SQL databases

Capilano University

IT Security Analyst, IT Applications and Architecture | Mar 2011 - Sep 2012

Investigated cybercrimes to protect personnel, data integrity, and reputation for educational institution
Oversaw PCI compliance, network forensics, and penetration testing
Developed tools for data acquisition and analysis from internet sources and computer systems, investigation tooling
Visualised tracking data using Google Maps API, Location API, and MAC Address API

Mainland Information Systems Limited

Director of Security Consulting | Nov 2009 - Feb 2011

Founded profitable cybersecurity consulting group within the firm
Conducted penetration testing for 17 major oil and gas, education, and healthcare companies
Established consulting services for PCI compliance, DLP, and computer forensics
Led Mainland’s cybersecurity practice, specialising in information security consulting

City of Vancouver

Project Manager/Senior Technical Specialist, Information Technology | Mar 2008 - Aug 2009

Led PCI-DSS implementation of controls, assessed threats, risks, and managed emerging security issues for new cybersecurity infrastructure for 2010 Winter Olympics and PCI compliance requirements
Enhanced security monitoring controls to protect critical city data including 911 services
Installed network security tools processing 50 million events and 90 million connections per day
Hired and coached cybersecurity staff, managed cybersecurity audits, penetration tests

Deloitte & Touche LLP (Canada)

Security Officer, Architecture and Planning | Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

Led and implemented application security program consisting of policy, standards, threat modeling, code reviews, and application security vulnerability assessments
Managed the development and implementation of global security policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures to ensure ongoing maintenance of security
Responsible for incident response planning, as well as the investigation of security breaches; assisted with disciplinary and legal matters associated with such breaches

Education & Training

Year	Program	Location
2026	Advanced Python - David Beazley
2024	NeurIPS 2024	Vancouver, BC
2024	Google Kaggle Generative AI	Virtual
2020	CVPR (Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition)	Virtual
2019	NeurIPS 2019	Vancouver, BC
2013	TechStars Chicago	Chicago, IL
2012	Hacker School (Recurse Center)	New York, NY
2011	LEVA (Law Enforcement Video Analyst) Conference	Idaho
2010	CanSecWest	Vancouver, BC
2009	SANS - Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response	Vancouver, BC
2009	Cisco Security Firewall Appliance Software v8.0 (642-524 SNAF)	Vancouver, BC
2009	Cisco Security MARS v3.0 (642-545)	Vancouver, BC
2008	SANS - Advanced Web Application Hacking	Vancouver, BC
1995	RCMP Training Academy	Regina, SK
	Faculty of Social Science, Dept. of Psychology (2 years)	University of Western Ontario