Stephen is an Architect with past design experience ranging from commercial businesses and retail stores, to light industrial, educational facilities, and multi-family residential complexes. Throughout his career, Stephen has worked on new construction, renovation, retrofit, and adaptive reuse projects across Canada, including in remote locations for First Nations clients. His interest in deconstruction and reuse of materials has been honed by his involvement on several adaptive reuse projects, including those in heritage buildings.

Stephen received his Master of Architecture and his Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Manitoba. He was a member of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and helped provide direction to revitalize the emerging green building professionals committee.