Personal
I live in Clarington with my wife Sharon and our three children. I work at the intersection of research and practice, using computational methods to solve real problems, building businesses that people want to work for, and finding practical applications for academic insights. The combination of running dental practices while conducting machine learning research gives me a perspective that's useful for both academics who want their work to matter and business owners who need evidence-based solutions.
Researcher
In 2025, I successfully defended my Master's thesis, "An Alternative Approach to Alexithymia Assessment: Natural Language Processing of Open-Ended Responses using Transformer-Based Models", supervised by Dr. James D.A. Parker, through Trent University's Department of Applied Modelling and Quantitative Methods.
The main finding is that large-language models can quantify emotion in text and predict alexithymia patterns. The results of this study are still pre-publication, contact me for a copy once available.
Co-owner
I co-founded Longworth Dental Bowmanville (2011), expanded to Courtice (2021), and added our Lab (2021).
Scientist-practitioner
My work is frequently multidisciplinary. I like applied sciences and understanding how things work and how people work together. I tend to tackle the numbers side of complex problems.
I previously taught mathematics in English and French. I hold teaching certificates in Labrador, Quebec, and Ontario. I completed a 5-year double-bachelor's degree at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, in mathematics (Department of Mathematics and Computer Science) and teaching high school math (Department of Educational Sciences).
Speaker
| Year | Type | Title | Conference | Date | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-Minute Talk | "Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Psychological Assessment: Lessons from Research on Alexithymia and Emotional Intelligence" | Canadian Psychological Association Annual National Convention (St. John's) | June 12-14 | View Abstract |
| 2025 | Poster | "No Words for Feelings: Developing Large Language Model Representations of Alexithymia" | Canadian Psychological Association Annual National Convention (St. John's) | June 12-14 | View Abstract |
| 2025 | 75-Minute Talk | "Hold on to Your People: A Resource for Office Managers, Principal Dentists and Dental Spouses" | Ontario Dental Association Annual Spring Meeting (Toronto) | May 8-10 | View Abstract |
| 2024 | Poster | "Large-Language Model-based Classification for Emotional and Social Intelligence" | Canadian Psychological Association Annual National Convention (Ottawa) | June 21-23 | View Abstract |