Whiteboard Law is a virtual law firm with expertise in corporate & commercial, business and technology law serving clients in Vancouver and all areas throughout British Columbia including Kelowna and Victoria. Emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, startups, fund creation, venture capital financing in a range of industries with a focus on emerging technology companies. Jim has been involved in the structuring and creation of a number of top-tier investment funds and has assisted those funds in the investment and acquisition of portfolio companies. Other areas of practice include complex corporate structuring, corporate finance, blockchain, bitcoin, fintech, corporate governance and corporate strategy, set up of Eligible Business Corporations and Venture Capital Corporations which offer tax credit incentives under the Small Business Venture Capital Act administered by the Province of British Columbia. Jim assists his clients with business formation (BC Incorporations, Unlimited Liability Companies, Federal Incorporations, Extraprovincial Registrations, Cross-Border Registrations, Limited Partnerships, VCCs, Business Name Registrations), hardware and software licencing agreements, technology transfer, joint venture agreements, financing arrangements for debt and equity transactions. Other areas of practice include non-disclosure and non-circumvention agreements, internet and website agreements, privacy regulations, manufacturing, distribution, licensing and acquisition agreements, research and development agreements, share and asset purchase agreements, letters of intent, and memorandums of understanding for a range of industries, RFP submissions etc.

Kite is a Venture Catalyst building world-class ventures that turn natural resource challenges into business opportunities. We investigate real-world problems with industry partners to identify concrete starting points and solution paths for venture-building. We seed and scale problem-solving ventures that drive significant value, increase ESG performance, and ensure sustainable access to resources. We leverage strong partnerships and global expertise with creative funding to find innovative solutions. We partner with visionary industry partners to understand their most pressing barriers for achieving a planet-positive future, and then combine a global network of expertise with world-class start-up talent and creative funding to build ventures. Our model is the product of decades of start-up, corporate, and industry experience.

Board of Directors - QHR (TSX-V: QHR) consists of several divisions with applications for use in physician's medical offices through traditional software licensing and through hosted services; in addition QHR provides software to improve efficiencies in the Canadian health care and social services industries.

Board of Directors - Pacific Carbon Trust is a Crown Corporation established by The Province of British Columbia to deliver quality made-in BC greenhouse gas offsets to help clients reduce their carbon footprint and drive the growth of BC's low-carbon economy.

Board of Directors - Vecima (TSX:VCM) designs, manufactures and sells products that enable broadband access to cable, wireless and telephone networks. These solutions allow service providers to rapidly and cost-effectively bridge the final network segment that connects a system directly to the end-user, commonly referred to as "the last mile". Vecima has facilities located in Canada, United States, Australia and India.

Co-founder, VP Business Development, interim CEO, and Board of Directors - Founded in 2000 and based in Vancouver, AppNeta develops and markets solutions that provide customers with visibility into network performance as it relates to the delivery of critical applications such as VoIP, videoconferencing, and VDI data. Enterprises around the world depend upon network-centric applications to do their business, and it is no longer acceptable to deploy a solution and just “see if it works.” Apparent Networks’ cloud-based solution brings pre-deployment testing, ongoing performance management, and network SLA assurance within the reach of virtually every enterprise and service provider.

Board of Directors - DigiBC is the result of the merger between WINBC and New Media BC and is a non profit trade association. The member-based association promotes, supports and accelerates the growth, competitiveness and sustainability of BC's digital media and wireless industry in the world. DigiBC represents more than 1,000 companies, 16,500 employees that generate more than $3B annually. Members include EA, Disney Interactive, Digital Domain, Nokia, Telus, Bell, Sierra Wireless and others.

Provided executive recruitment services to large companies

Board of Directors - University of Waterloo - QuantumWorks is an NSERC-funded Innovation Platform that links Canadian researchers with industrial and government agency partners to lead Canada into the next technological revolution - that of Quantum Information Processing (QIP).

Board of Directors - The Focus Foundation works to help the many children who can’t find success within the structure of a mainstream school system. Mainstream schools are not able to sufficiently tailor their rules and approaches to meet the needs of youth who display challenging behaviors or certain special needs which may be the result of many factors including addictions, psychological disorders, or challenging home situations.

Board of Directors - VEF's mandate is to advance technology entrepreneurship through networking forums that educate and motivate. The Vancouver Enterprise Forum (VEF) is the premier networking forum for technology entrepreneurs.

Re-positioned the Company to focus on international payments

Past President - The Premier’s Technology Council's mandate is to improve health and education services, create jobs, generate economic growth, and improve government efficiency. The PTC endeavours to ensure that the technology infrastructure is in place to support the economic, cultural and social growth of people in BC. This includes broadband communications, connected education systems, high speed research networks, health networks, research centres, and university facilities including utilizing technology to improve government service delivery. This includes seamless service delivery across government organizations, K-12 and post secondary e-learning, e-health, and Gov 2.0. The PTC attempts to ensure that programs are in place to enhance the knowledge-based industry to strengthen and diversify the BC economy including creating a supportive environment for business promoting the availability of capital, helping attract and develop skilled human resources, and investing in research and commercialization.

Adjunct Professor of Law - Technology and E-Commerce Business Law

Associate/Partner - Focus on mergers and acquisitions, particularly in the technology sector. Advise clients on intellectual property law, information systems integration and outsourcing, licensing agreements, technology procurement, development, security and transfer. Acted as lead counsel in a variety of large publicly funded projects, advising on all facets from preparing and responding to RFP's, procurement, joint ventures and partnerships, contracting, service and supply agreements and financing. Instrumental in creating one of the largest technology law practice groups in Vancouver with a focus on emerging high-growth businesses as well as financing for debt and equity transactions.

Board of Directors - The BC Chamber of Commerce is a not-for-profit organization representing the interests and concerns of local Chambers of Commerce and business members from across the province. Most importantly, the BC Chamber of Commerce routinely advocates to Provincial and Federal governments on behalf of its members to ensure that their concerns are being heard. The BC Chamber of Commerce - the Voice of Business in BC - gives the business community a presence on the provincial level.

Lawyer in the Corporate/Commercial Practice Group with emphasis on large scale mergers and acquisitions and transactions in the oil and gas, forestry and technology industries. Extensive experience in corporate finance, debt/equity transactions; structure, formation and financing of various types of business models; financing of business ventures, franchise law and corporate re-structuring and re-organization.