I was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and began my ESL career teaching newly arrived Canadians while finishing my studies at university. I moved to Dubai in the summer of 2005 and had the opportunity to teach with some wonderful international universities on the Knowledge Village campus. With the University of Wollongong Dubai (Australian), I conducted courses in IELTS essay writing. At St Petersburg State University Dubai (Russian), I taught essay writing, grammar, conversation and pronunciation courses. And at SZABIST Technical Institute (Pakistani), I taught technical English writing.


In mid 2012, I got married (yes!) and moved with my wife to Doha. I started The IELTS Network, a platform that helps bring the online IELTS community together, and an IELTS related podcast, which hypothesises that the most effective IELTS testing strategies come from successful candidates.
Contact me at The IELTS Network (ieltsnetwork.com), Facebook (facebook.com/ieltsnetwork), Twitter (twitter.com/ieltsnetwork) or via email. Good luck with your IELTS!