investment committee + LPAC
Jim is the CEO of Danby.
Danby Appliances is a niche manufacturer of specialty appliances. Jim is leveraging his tech background to create new markets and products for Danby, such as the Danby Parcel Guard.
Jim is a technology entrepreneur and executive. While in university, he started his first computer distribution business from the trunk of his car and grew it to $2 billion in sales.
Jim has invested in and advised over 100 technology companies, including Blackberry, resulting in over 30 exits. He joined Blackberry’s board before it went public and served for 13 years.
A sampling of his investment performance shows him as one of Canada’s leading tech investors.
· ShipperBee, delivery division (sold to Torstar)
· PostRank (sold to Google)
· Touch Bistro (sold to InfoSpace)
· Miovision (sold to McKesson)
· Inex (sold to InfoSpace)
· Well.ca (sold to McKesson)
· Pure Source (sold to Now Foods)
· Slipstream (sold to Blackberry)
· Sky Generation (sold to Sprott Power)
· Connect Tech (sold to Heico)
· ClearPath Robotics (sold to McKesson)
· Border Networks (sold to Secure Computing)
Jim was awarded EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 Ontario as well as both the Order of Ontario and Order of Canada.