He was part of the internet industry at a young age, co-founding multiple successful companies. He sold his last company in 2007 and left the industry to refocus his efforts toward the local community, starting with the revitalization of Fort Langley. His commercial holdings in Fort Langley were transferred to a charitable non-profit, starting in 2018.

Prior to council, he was the President of the Fort Langley Business Improvement Association, a Director of the Langley Memorial Hospital Foundation, and served on the Township of Langley's Economic Development Advisory Committee, and Heritage Advisory Committee.