BoardSuite® Corp. (www.boardsuitecorp.com), the freemium on-demand board portal, today announced the appointment of Jim Collins as Chief Financial Officer
to lead the company in its going public transaction.
Collins, a seasoned financial executive, has a proven track record in raising capital through IPOs, private equity and venture capitalists. He is a Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years experience in building and growing both public and private companies. Prior to his appointment at BoardSuite, Collins held progressively senior roles as CFO at EnGlobe Corporation Inc., Vice President Finance at Insception Biosciences and Vice President Finance and Administration at Hydrogenics Corporation.
"Jim's demonstrated ability in taking companies public and his experience in mergers and acquisitions put him in the driver's seat for BoardSuite's going public transaction," said Oscar A Jofre Jr., Founder, President and CEO of BoardSuite. "He will be responsible for all financial and fiscal management aspects of BoardSuite to meet its business strategy to acquire financial and business services to be integrated into the flagship BoardSuite Portal."
"This company has a strong vision to become the defacto board portal for small and medium enterprises and not-for-profit organizations worldwide," said Collins. "The opportunity to take the company public and provide a solution that embraces good corporate governance is a winning combination."
About BoardSuite® Corp.
BoardSuite redefined the board portal for small and medium enterprises and not-for-profit organizations by providing a freemium SaSS-based solution to manage real-time access to corporate documents, collaboration tools and a marketplace of business services.
The on-demand board portal empowers directors, officers and advisors to better manage risk, liability and compliance from a single point of entry within a secure, hosted application, resulting in effective and transparent corporate governance.
BoardSuite has received notable recognition within the online industry for its achievements. In July 2009, BoardSuite was selected as one of Canada's leading Web 2.0 pioneers by KPMG and Backbone magazine at the PICK20' Awards, the only national roundup of Canada's up and coming Web 2.0 pioneers who are leading the 2.0 evolution of the Web. And, in August 2009, BoardSuite was named by IDC as one of Canada's Top Cloud Computing Solutions To Watch calling it a disruptive innovation in the board portal industry.
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