Paul has served as a Senior Research Associate (Cartography, Remote Sensing and Research Imaging) on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Geographic Society (NGS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) in Alaska as well as an award winning graduate and an 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. Paul was responsible for the visible spectrum and near infrared terrestrial photogrammetric imaging on a NASA and NGS sponsored airborne LiDAR mapping project in the Cordillera Blanca range of the Peruvian Andes. 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 25 years of photographic experience with a specialty in research photography, 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 as well as 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 medium and maximum security penitentiaries. Paul holds certification in both 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 residency in Thomas Merton's hermitage at the The Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, 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.