Paul has served as a research associate and instructor (Cartography, Remote Sensing, and Research Imaging) on the Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) in Alaska, an imaging specialist on a NASA and National Geographic sponsored airborne laser mapping (LiDAR) project in the Peruvian Andes as well as being an award winning graduate and former Instructor of Remote Sensing and Digital Mapping in the Cartography department at the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) in Nova Scotia, Canada. Paul specializes in digital cartography as well as aerial photography and remote sensing and has experience developing airborne infrared imaging systems. In addition to his cartographic and research imaging experience Paul has served as a Disaster Relief Coordinator with the Canadian Red Cross as well as a reconnaissance specialist and marksman with the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves.

Paul possesses over 30 years of photographic experience with a specialty in research imaging, photomicrography, and airborne imaging. Paul has experience as an instructor of photography for the N.S. Department of Education's Continuing Education program as well as the Nova Scotia Community College. Paul’s images have been used by The Royal Canadian Mint in the form of a coin and by Canada Post in the form of a stamp, his images have also been published in numerous international publications. Paul was honored to be the guest of the government of the Caribbean island of St. Kitts for the purpose of creating a comprehensive photographic archive of the island for their Tourism Department. Paul possesses conflict resolution training as well as experience in group counseling programs in federal penitentiaries. Paul also holds certification in parachuting as well as SCUBA diving and enjoys free time activities such as kayaking, hiking and nature photography.

As a former member and formation counselor in an ecumenical Franciscan monastic community, Paul continues to benefit from his studies and experiences in monasteries throughout North America including a time of residency in Thomas Merton's hermitage at The Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky as well as Monastery of Christ in the Desert in New Mexico, Little Portions and St. Elizabeth’s Friary in New York, Mount St. Frances Monastery in Alberta, Zen Mountain Monastery in New York, The Cistercian-Trappist Monastery of Our Lady of Calvary in New Brunswick, St. Augustine's Monastery and Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia.