At the City of Langley, Carl leads a team responsible for processing development applications, building permits, developing land use and community planning policies, and issuing business licenses.
Prior to joining the City of Langley, Carl worked at the City of White Rock for 2.5 years as the Director of Planning and Development Services, the City of Coquitlam for 5 years as the Manager of Community Planning and Manager of Development Services, and the City of Abbotsford for 8 years, including the role of Director of Community Planning. He has overseen hundreds of projects including: mixed-use development applications, neighbourhood planning, transit planning, affordable housing policy and many more.
Carl enjoys teaching and has served as a sessional instructor in Geography and Planning at the University of the Fraser Valley and has a background in forest fighting having been with the BC Forest Service for 8 years as a fire fighter.