Jack has a B.Sc. (Hons) in Geology and Geomatics from the University of Saskatchewan and an Applied Bachelor degree in Geographic Information Systems from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT).

He has worked in data management, updating and maintaining (QA/QC) relational databases (RDBMS) and online GeoAtlas, as well as in the field as a core logging assistant to geologists in remote areas and for geologic prospecting in Northern Saskatchewan identifying rare earth metals.