He applied for a position with a branch of the Special Forces, hoping to progress to Defence Intelligence, but was rejected as being too young.

He went on to be Chief of Defence Intelligence in 1991 and retired in 1995.

He eventually became Chief of Defence Intelligence.

He was appointed Chief of Defence Intelligence in 1988.

He became Chief of Defence Intelligence in January 2012.

Defence Intelligence, the Canadian firm involved in the bust, started investigating the botnet in spring 2009.

The primary role of Defence Intelligence is that of 'all-source' intelligence analysis.

In addition to a Head Office policy staff he is responsible for two major groupings within Defence Intelligence:

To support its mission, Defence Intelligence has 4 essential roles:

In October 1997 he was promoted to vice admiral and Chief of Defence Intelligence.