Ian is an accomplished architecture and urban design strategist with over 25 years of experience. He offers clients implementable solutions through value-added research, communication and writing, content curation and marketing campaigns. He is a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and a licensed architect in Ontario.
Ian plays a leadership role as a trusted leader guiding business strategy and communications. He focuses on regenerative communities, along with experience in housing, culture, and the authenticity of places in mid-sized cities and rural economies through leadership, research and strategic pursuits for deep-dive design initiatives involving the overlap between community, technology and the built environment. Previously, Ian developed the communications platform for SvN Architects +Planners, conference programming IIDEX and the Interior Design Show (IDS), and the buildNEXT accelerator program at Foresight Canada. This non-profit cleantech organization supports the transition to a green economy. He served as the Executive Director of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and, for nearly a decade, was the editor of Canadian Architect magazine.