Alan is a technical leader and organizational changemaker. What sets him apart is his combination of strategic vision and hands-on execution. Whether navigating complex transformations, optimizing cross-functional workflows, or implementing scalable processes, Alan leads with clarity, empathy, and a commitment to outcomes.

Beyond Alan's technical acumen, he fosters a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. He has a unique talent for aligning teams around a shared vision, breaking down silos, and driving initiatives that enhance efficiency and innovation.

I am glad to have worked with and learned from Alan!
Alan is a technical leader and organizational changemaker. What sets him apart is his combination of strategic vision and hands-on execution. Whether navigating complex transformations, optimizing cross-functional workflows, or implementing scalable processes, Alan leads with clarity, empathy, and a commitment to outcomes.

Beyond Alan's technical acumen, he fosters a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. He has a unique talent for aligning teams around a shared vision, breaking down silos, and driving initiatives that enhance efficiency and innovation.

I am glad to have worked with and learned from Alan!

I've had the pleasure of working with Alan as he helped Sanctuary AI strengthen our development workflows and technical leadership. Alan brought a rare combination of engineering and product operations expertise and a deep commitment to mentorship and coaching.

His impact was immediate and lasting. He helped us define a product development framework and workflow that aligned with our ambitious goals while empowering our teams to execute effectively. Beyond processes and structure, Alan invested in our technical leaders, guiding them through the complexities of developing and scaling technology in a fast-moving environment.

Alan brings clarity to product development, levels-up engineering teams, and fosters a culture of technical excellence. I've had the pleasure of working with Alan as he helped Sanctuary AI strengthen our development workflows and technical leadership. Alan brought a rare combination of engineering and product operations expertise and a deep commitment to mentorship and coaching.

His impact was immediate and lasting. He helped us define a product development framework and workflow that aligned with our ambitious goals while empowering our teams to execute effectively. Beyond processes and structure, Alan invested in our technical leaders, guiding them through the complexities of developing and scaling technology in a fast-moving environment.

Alan brings clarity to product development, levels-up engineering teams, and fosters a culture of technical excellence.

We hired Alan to advise us on a major change to our software development process. This required not only a strategic component (overall where we were going and why) as well as a substantial tactical piece. Alan was great at both aspects: keeping us on track with great overall steering and lots of practical advice.

One of the things I appreciated most was that he could simplify what seemed like complex topics into simple “rules of the road” that developers, testers, managers, et al could follow.

I would for sure hire Alan again. We hired Alan to advise us on a major change to our software development process. This required not only a strategic component (overall where we were going and why) as well as a substantial tactical piece. Alan was great at both aspects: keeping us on track with great overall steering and lots of practical advice. One of the things I appreciated most was that he could simplify what seemed like complex topics into simple “rules of the road” that developers, testers, managers, et al could follow. I would for sure hire Alan again.

I had the pleasure of working with Alan while he was leading the mobile team at LoyaltyOne (via TWG). I was always impressed with his professionalism, ability to articulate and the leadership prowess that he brought to the team.

Additionally, Alan is an excellent Engineer and focuses his leadership style on building effective engineering teams with great emphasis on engineering rigour, practice and culture. Inter-team conversations around integration or the build of services always went extremely smoothly and Alan was an excellent collaborator. 100% would work with Alan again! I had the pleasure of working with Alan while he was leading the mobile team at LoyaltyOne (via TWG). I was always impressed with his professionalism, ability to articulate and the leadership prowess that he brought to the team. Additionally, Alan is an excellent Engineer and focuses his leadership style on building effective engineering teams with great emphasis on engineering rigour, practice and culture. Inter-team conversations around integration or the build of services always went extremely smoothly and Alan was an excellent collaborator. 100% would work with Alan again!

As a lead I felt Alan was smart, dedicated, and an able manager who was able to navigate the complex minefield of the multiple concurrent projects, deadlines and stakeholders of a large indie studio. He was well respected by his peers and his team, and was a good team player - who knew how to reach across the isle and work in harmony with the other disciplines.

As a programmer, Alan was a hands-on guy who would simply tackle problems and get them done without getting mired in theoretical speculations. He was an enabler, and attacked technical issues with a 'can-do', no-nonsense practical attitude that gets projects completed. In a tight game development cycle - that's the only kind of programmers I want to work with :).

I would hire him if the opportunity arose to work with him again.
I had the chance to work closely with Alan for several years, first as a technical consultant when I was in France, and then as technical and production partner on several projects with Bedlam. During that time, Alan became a lead, managing several programmers at Bedlam, and juggling several difficult concurrent deadlines across multiple projects. As a lead I felt Alan was smart, dedicated, and an able manager who was able to navigate the complex minefield of the multiple concurrent projects, deadlines and stakeholders of a large indie studio. He was well respected by his peers and his team, and was a good team player - who knew how to reach across the isle and work in harmony with the other disciplines. As a programmer, Alan was a hands-on guy who would simply tackle problems and get them done without getting mired in theoretical speculations. He was an enabler, and attacked technical issues with a 'can-do', no-nonsense practical attitude that gets projects completed. In a tight game development cycle - that's the only kind of programmers I want to work with :). I endorse Alan without reservation, and would hire him if the opportunity arose to work with him again. Guillaume.

I had the pleasure of working with Alan at ThoughtExchange. During our time together, I found Alan to be an incredibly dedicated and talented leader. Alan is one of those rare professionals who understand both Technology and Business considerations.

In addition to Alan's technical and people skills, Alan is a strong communicator and team player. Alan always made sure to collaborate effectively with colleagues and was always willing to lend a hand to ensure his team's success.

I highly recommend Alan for any Technical leadership opportunity. I have no doubt that Alan will continue to excel and make valuable contributions to any organization. I had the pleasure of working with Alan at ThoughtExchange. During our time together, I found Alan to be an incredibly dedicated and talented leader. Alan is one of those rare professionals who understand both Technology and Business considerations. In addition to Alan's technical and people skills, Alan is a strong communicator and team player. Alan always made sure to collaborate effectively with colleagues and was always willing to lend a hand to ensure his team's success. I highly recommend Alan for any Technical leadership opportunity. I have no doubt that Alan will continue to excel and make valuable contributions to any organization.

He was a tremendous leader and head of engineering. He was a consummate professional in both words and actions. Alan inherited a very new team and a foreign code base. His extremely strong work ethic helped him to create efficiency and balance his required time. He was able to take on the most challenging tasks while mentoring the new team members. I greatly enjoyed working with Alan and highly recommend him. He was a tremendous leader and head of engineering. He was a consummate professional and a leader in both words and actions. Alan inherited a very new team and a foreign code base. His extremely strong work ethic helped him to create efficiency and balance his required time. He was able to take on the most challenging tasks while mentoring the new team members. I greatly enjoyed working with Alan and highly recommend him.

Alan and I worked together for more than five years, both as his peer and his direct manager. At every step, Alan showed up as a leader - whether it was leading complex technical projects, mentoring and training our mobile team, handling complex client management, or serving as a manager to a large team of direct reports. Alan's desire to always learn, grow, and take on more responsibilities was truly something to behold and would be a huge benefit to any company lucky enough to employ him.

I can say with confidence that the TWG team, and the careers of those Alan worked with, have been immeasurably improved by his hard work, dedication, and care. He sets a high bar and example for everyone he works with. Alan and I worked together for more than five years, both as his peer and his direct manager. At every step, Alan showed up as a leader - whether it was leading complex technical projects, mentoring and training our mobile team, handling complex client management, or serving as a manager to a large team of direct reports. Alan's desire to always learn, grow, and take on more responsibilities was truly something to behold and would be a huge benefit to any company lucky enough to employ him. I can say with confidence that the TWG team, and the careers of those Alan worked with, have been immeasurably improved by his hard work, dedication, and care. He sets a high bar and example for everyone he works with. I look forward to hopefully having the opportunity to collaborate again and I'm excited to see the tremendous impact he will have in the years to come.

Alan and I worked together managing several development teams for a large enterprise client contract.

I describe Alan as a thoughtful and sincere servant leader, with a soft and calming demeanor. Alan presents a face of stability and confidence, always motivating and inspiring, without excuse or criticism. His approach to leadership is one of empowerment and enablement. It can be easier to jump in than to intentionally, and patiently, teach and coach others ; he did a very good job developing future leaders in that way.

I appreciate Alan's ability to "fill in the gaps". He looks for what is being missed, or needs more attention, and inserts himself to get that job done.

I could always count on Alan to give me constructive feedback on ways I could improve as a leader, something he delivers with gentle tact.

Alan and I worked together managing several development teams for a large enterprise client contract, and I was very grateful for that time, because of both his effectiveness as a leader, and for the opportunity to learn from his perspective and experiences. I describe Alan as a thoughtful and sincere servant leader, with a soft and calming demeanor. Even under pressure, Alan presents a face of stability and confidence, always motivating and inspiring, without excuse or criticism. And he is excellent at follow through; not sweeping incidents under the rug to hope they would not repeat, but investigating cause, crafting plans, and putting them to action. His approach to leadership is one of empowerment and enablement. It can be easier to jump in "to help fix things", than to intentionally, and patiently, teach and coach others on self awareness and self improvement; he did a very good job developing future leaders in that way. From his first days onboarding to the team I was impressed with how thoughtful he was, taking time to consider alternatives, asking good, challenging questions, and not just accepting the status quo and checking boxes. Something I really appreciate is Alan's ability to "fill in the gaps". He does not keep himself busy with just necessary work, or just handle the "expected tasks", but he looks for what is being missed, or needs more attention, and inserts himself to get that job done. He earns the respect of his teams, and his peers, by demonstrating empathy and sincerity, and advocating for his teams, and their needs and well being. I could always count on Alan to give me constructive feedback on ways I could improve as a leader, something he delivers with gentle tact, to his reports, peers, and senior leadership. It was truly a privilege to have worked with Alan.

Alan was one of the first people I met when I joined ThoughtExchange and I had the pleasure of working closely with him during our time there together. Alan is an extremely welcoming individual that would always make time to answer questions in a way that made sense to the asker and was extremely forthcoming in sharing important information. Something that really stood out to me about Alan was that he empowered people around him to self organize but would provide his guidance and expertise to ensure everybody felt they could be successful. I would be honoured to work with Alan again. Alan was one of the first people I met when I joined ThoughtExchange and I had the pleasure of working closely with him during our time there together. Alan is an extremely welcoming individual that would always make time to answer questions in a way that made sense to the asker and was extremely forthcoming in sharing important information. Something that really stood out to me about Alan was that he empowered people around him to self organize but would provide his guidance and expertise to ensure everybody felt they could be successful. I would be honoured to work with Alan again.

I've had the pleasure of working with Alan as a Tech Lead and as an Engineering Manager and I can only vouch for his technical acumen and leadership skills. Alan is a knowledgeable, driven, and enthusiastic manager, always looking for the best process and a strong remote work advocate. He has helped me improve in many professional areas and taught me leadership skills. Alan will be a valuable asset to any company. I've had the pleasure of working with Alan as a Tech Lead and as an Engineering Manager and I can only vouch for his technical acumen and leadership skills. Alan is a knowledgeable, driven, and enthusiastic manager, always looking for the best process and a strong remote work advocate. He has helped me improve in many professional areas and taught me leadership skills. Alan will be a valuable asset to any company.

Alan and I worked together for about 5 years at TWG. During that time I had the privilege of seeing him take on leadership role after leadership role in our org and excel at each and every one of them. He was an early champion of a work-from-home culture at a time when that was a foreign concept to us.

Independent of that, he was a thoughtful manager who always had the career development of his staff in mind and looked out for opportunities for his team to contribute and grow in new ways. Importantly, he knew when and how to balance that against the needs of the company as well.

Alan would be an impactful addition to any team and I can't praise him enough for all the amazing things he did at TWG. Alan and I worked together for about 5 years at TWG. During that time I had the privilege of seeing him take on leadership role after leadership role in our org and excel at each and every one of them. He was an early champion of a work-from-home culture at a time when that was a foreign concept to us. His championing of this work culture helped us navigate the ongoing Covid pandemic much better than some of less-prepared peers. Independent of that, he was a thoughtful manager who always had the career development of his staff in mind and looked out for opportunities for his team to contribute and grow in new ways. Importantly, he knew when and how to balance that against the needs of the company as well. Alan would be an impactful addition to any team and I can't praise him enough for all the amazing things he did at TWG during his tenure here.

Alan is a strong leader and passionate technologist. Alan can go broad with solution architecture and design, and also deep on software engineering challenges. I consider myself fortunate for having been able to work with him and would jump at the opportunity if it arose again. Alan is a strong leader and passionate technologist. Alan can go broad with solution architecture and design, and also deep on software engineering challenges. I consider myself fortunate for having been able to work with him and would jump at the opportunity if it arose again.

I worked with Alan both as my tech lead and my manager, and I admired him so much in both roles.
As my tech lead: Alan has a lot of technical experience (mobile, backend...), which allowed him to guide us into the right directions and make great decisions, his knowledge of different platforms and technologies gives him great perspective into finding the perfect solutions , he is humble and open to listen to other perspectives, which makes him an amazing tech lead to work with!
As my manager, Alan was very attentive and helped me advance my career , his technical background made it easy to talk to him about what I was working on, and what I was working towards, which he then utilized to help me set goals and milestones to become a better Engineer.
Whoever does get to work with Alan is lucky to have such an amazing leader in their team :) I worked with Alan both as my tech lead and my manager, and I admired him so much in both roles. His love for tech, his leadership by example, his honest caring for people he works with, inspired me to be more like him and love working with him! As my tech lead: Alan has a lot of technical experience (mobile, backend...), which allowed him to guide us into the right directions and make great decisions, his knowledge of different platforms and technologies gives him great perspective into finding the perfect solutions for the short and long term, he is also very humble and open to listen to other perspectives, which makes him an amazing tech lead to work with! As my manager, Alan was very attentive and helped me advance my career in the direction I wanted, his technical background made it so easy to talk to him about what I was working on, and what I was working towards, which he then utilized to help me set goals and milestones to improve on what I am lacking and become a better Engineer. I would be so happy if I can get to work with Alan again, until then, whoever does get to work with him is lucky to have such an amazing leader in their team :)

I had the pleasure of working with Alan during our mutual time at HOSTING. While there, Alan was instrumental in getting many projects built, tested and out the door. Although Alan was several thousand miles away from our Denver headquarters, he always made himself accessible and was a true member of our daily team. Alan's ability to not only discover potentially bad code and coding practices, but also to mentor those that wrote the code in the first place were beneficial to both the company and the development team. His input on system architecture, thorough code analysis skills and strong work ethic would be an asset to any company. I had the pleasure of working with Alan during our mutual time at HOSTING. While there, Alan was instrumental in getting many projects built, tested and out the door. Although Alan was several thousand miles away from our Denver headquarters, he always made himself accessible and was a true member of our daily team. Alan's ability to not only discover potentially bad code and coding practices, but also to mentor those that wrote the code in the first place were beneficial to both the company and the development team. His input on system architecture, thorough code analysis skills and strong work ethic would be an asset to any company.

Alan managed the programming department without isolating it from the other departments. He was able to speak to artists, designers, and executives using their own terminologies and not straying from the direction of the project. His communication skills were only trumped by his know-how of the job. He was a valued reference for many technical tasks which required code support and offered many terrific solutions, while juggling his other responsibilities. Alan didn't put up any walls that are common in video game management and was willing to work with all members of the team in order to produce a better product. I would absolutely work with Alan again. Alan managed the programming department without isolating it from the other departments. He was able to speak to artists, designers, and executives using their own terminologies and not straying from the direction of the project. His communication skills were only trumped by his know-how of the job. He was a valued reference for many technical tasks which required code support and offered many terrific solutions, while juggling his other responsibilities. Alan didn't put up any walls that are common in video game management and was willing to work with all members of the team in order to produce a better product. I would absolutely work with Alan again.

I had the pleasure and honor to work alongside Alan at Rockstar Games. During our time together, Alan generously dedicated his time to helping me in my tasks, proceeded to show me the ropes and, on numerous occasions, his experience and wise words saved me countless hours of work. Alan is an extremely talented individual, a great friend, and I am confident in his ability to become a leader in any organization. Cheers Alan. I had the pleasure and honor to work alongside Alan at Rockstar Games. During our time together, Alan generously dedicated his time to helping me in my tasks, proceeded to show me the ropes and, on numerous occasions, his experience and wise words saved me countless hours of work. Alan is an extremely talented individual, a great friend, and I am confident in his ability to become a leader in any organization. Cheers Alan.

Alan is a very skilled and knowledgeable programmer. During our time at Rockstar he always solved problems in quick and professional manner. His breadth of knowledge is very impressive. At Rockstar he was the lead Animation Programmer, our only Network Programmer, in addition to doing AI and Tools work. On top of all that he worked on our project schedules, and compiled our weekly programming team reports. He is always ready to help his co-workers without hesitation and is excellent in a team-oriented atmosphere. I can't tell you how many times I had obscure questions or problems that Alan always seemed to know the answer to! I hope I get to work with him again in the future. Alan is a very skilled and knowledgeable programmer. During our time at Rockstar he always solved problems in quick and professional manner. His breadth of knowledge is very impressive. At Rockstar he was the lead Animation Programmer, our only Network Programmer, in addition to doing AI and Tools work. On top of all that he worked on our project schedules, and compiled our weekly programming team reports. He is always ready to help his co-workers without hesitation and is excellent in a team-oriented atmosphere. I can't tell you how many times I had obscure questions or problems that Alan always seemed to know the answer to! I hope I get to work with him again in the future.

I worked as a Test Engineer under Alan's tutelage. In that time, I learned many important industry lessons from him. These included game architecture, game software engineering processes, QA tools development, low level console specific nuances and how to lead a team of engineers. I worked as a Test Engineer under Alan's tutelage. In that time, I learned many important industry lessons from him. These included game architecture, game software engineering processes, QA tools development, low level console specific nuances and how to lead a team of engineers.

Alan helped pioneer test engineering at Electronic Arts Canada. His performance was exceptional throughout his tenure in this position. His leadership, drive, commitment and engineering talent helped make the test engineering function a success at EAC. As a manager at EA, it was a pleasure working with Alan. I highly recommend Alan based upon my experience with him. Alan helped pioneer test engineering at Electronic Arts Canada. His performance was exceptional throughout his tenure in this position. His leadership, drive, commitment and engineering talent helped make the test engineering function a success at EAC. As a manager at EA, it was a pleasure working with Alan. I highly recommend Alan based upon my experience with him.

Alan defined the role of Test Engineer. On my project, he tracked bugs to their root causes, saving many hours of development time. He was proactive, learned quickly, worked hard, was great in a team, and was a joy to work with. I was sad to see him leave. Alan defined the role of Test Engineer. On my project, he tracked bugs to their root causes, saving many hours of development time. He was proactive, learned quickly, worked hard, was great in a team, and was a joy to work with. I was sad to see him leave.

I had a chance to work with Alan when I was the Lead Software Engineer at Ownage Studios providing consultanting services for Bedlam in the Toronto area. Alan was the senior point person on the team I was interacting with, and I had a great experience working with him. During the time I have worked with Alan, he shows strong leadership, communication, and technical background. He has a great personality with a strong work ethic, who strive for excellence and success. It was a pleasure to work with him as it was a pleasure to recommend him. I had a chance to worked with Alan when I was the Lead Software Engineer at Ownage Studios providing consultanting services for Bedlam in the Toronto area. Alan was the senior point person on the team I was interacting with, and I had a great experience working with him. During the time I have worked with Alan, he shows strong leadership, communication, and technical background. He has a great personality with a strong work ethic, who strive for excellence and success. It was a pleasure to work with him as it was a pleasure to recommend him.