BIOGRAPHY

With over 20 years of professional experience, Tim is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor, having spent his career in oil and natural gas, electrical power, utilities, and the nonprofit sector. While leveraging an MBA in Strategic Financial Management, Tim has led teams of accountants and auditors in ensuring enterprise financial and risk controls.

Tim founded WAI Professional Corporation, where he serves as a fractional CFO, providing executive advisory and financial control support to his clients. He is also the co-founder of Untapped Energy Association, a federally registered nonprofit organization that upskills professionals in data, analytics, and artificial intelligence literacy.

Tim is an adjunct professor at the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business and an assistant professor at Mount Royal University's Bissett School of Business. He teaches undergraduate and post-graduate students in accounting, business technology management, and digital transformation.

Key teaching areas

Financial Accounting Concepts
Management Accounting

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Founder - Untapped Energy - registered data science nonprofit
Founder - WAI Professional Corporation - fractional CFO consulting

PUBLICATIONS

• Ravjot Kaur, Laura Naaykens, Rhonda Rudnitski, Timothy Chan, Parnian Radmand, Sania Hetavkar, Wajia Rahman, Huzeifa Ismail. (2025, July 8). Data-driven framework provides systematic approach for software selection. Journal of Petroleum Technology. https://jpt.spe.org/data-driven-framework-provides-systematic-approach-for-software-selection