Having 35 years of experience in designing embedded systems, Jim has built his career architecting high performance products for the military, telecommunications and water reclamation industries.  His entrepreneurial spirit has helped him grow several start-ups and medium sized companies, where he held key management roles including VP and CEO.  He was the President at Fabric Embedded Tools Corporation, providing high value network management and diagnostic tools, as well as design services minimizing  customers’ technology risks and time to market challenges.  Jim holds a B.Sc of Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa.