Ian received his Honours Bachelor of Math from the University of Waterloo and his Bachelor of Education from the University of Western Ontario in 1989, later earning his Honours Specialist in Mathematics from Western in 1993. He worked at schools in Belgium, Cambridge, and Mississauga before working at Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute in Guelph from 1998 to 2014. Ian currently works as a Secondary Curriculum Leader in the Upper Grand District School Board. He has contributed to Nelson textbooks, presented for the GVMA and OAME, marked for the EQAO and Euclid contest, and developed numerous mathematics initiatives within his schools and the ministry. In addition to his mathematical pursuits, Ian has bolstered staff development with a variety of initiatives, and has been a member of his school’s Leadership Team and a Success for All Coordinator on the Directions Team. He lives with his wife and three sons, who love reading, eating good food, and travelling together.