Rob has been with the Ministry of Forests since joining as an Initial Attack Fire Fighter in 1991. The opportunity to work fulltime took him over to the Forest District operations side of the Ministry in Prince Rupert before returning to the interior working with BC Timber Sales, Engineering Branch and the Kamloops Forest District in 2005. He rejoined the BC Wildfire Service as the Kamloops Fire Centre Manager in 2016 and has held the Director and Executive Director roles since 2019. He now holds this position of Assistant Deputy Minister for the BC Wildfire Service. Rob maintains a strong role in natural resource management and is an advocate for building partnerships with the forest sector, local governments, First Nations and cross divisional alignment within the Ministry.