John is Néhinaw (Cree)-Metis from Kaministikominahikoskak (Cumberland House), Saskatchewan. John has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, and an MBA from the University of Saskatchewan and started his career in 2001 in the mining industry and worked in a variety of roles including environment and safety, maintenance and reliability engineering management until moving onto executive leadership in economic development, construction, and management consulting. John serves as the Executive Director of the Indigenous Resource Network and volunteers as Past President of APEGS. John also has extensive regulatory, volunteer, governance, and civil society experience serving on a variety of boards, committees, and other initiatives.