Our Advisory Board

One of our core values is upward mobility. The path to moving upward starts with humility and listening to those who have taken similar journeys in the past. As part of this, we’ve assembled a team of talented advisors who will sit on our board and help guide us on a journey of upward growth. It’s our pleasure to introduce these experienced individuals, who have each excelled in their respective fields. To all of them, we extend a warm welcome and thank you for joining us as we expand into the future.

 

Juanita Lohmeyer

Board Member /
CEO

Juanita Lohmeyer BSc, PMP, MBA, CPA, CMA is the CEO of Forward Strategy Group. She is an award-winning C-Level financial services executive, board member and advisor who delivers growth and transformation resulting in billion-dollar outcomes through 20+ years in financial services, telecommunications, information technology and education.  She also serves as an advisor to the business schools at Cornell University and Queen’s University.

Juanita spent 6 years at Telus where she championed digital and process innovations resulting in an ROI of 600%. Following on from that role she held director positions at ICBC and BCAA. At the former, she led a digital strategic transformation of all enterprise solutions, enabling annual revenue over $3.7B. At BCAA she delivered 40 consecutive months of membership growth as the General Manager of business operations. More recently as President at J.T Insurance Services, the company was recognized as Business in Vancouver’s fastest growing broker with 33% capacity growth and one of HR Reporter‘s 35 Best Places to Work in Canada.

Juanita’s track record in the implementation of high-performing initiatives and processes mark her out as a valuable addition to the Board. Her work with high growth strategies through financial leadership and digital transformation complement AmbiMi’s longer term goals.

Jack Harris

Career CFO / Vice-Chairman

Most recently Vice Chair of Tom Harris Cellular Ltd, one of the largest networks of Telus retail stores,  Jack has been a steady hand at both the finances, and operations, of many large enterprises spanning Automotive and Communications.

Jack started his career with a stint as CFO of a successful Auto Dealership in Nanaimo. He continued with a promotion to President of an automotive supply company before returning to a CFO role with a GM dealership for almost 30 years. Towards the end of the 90’s Jack jumped at the opportunity to join the blossoming telecommunications industry and took a role as partner and CFO of Tom Harris Cellular. He helped build this business to be the largest Telus dealership in Canada at the time, overseeing and arranging finance for several acquisitions and a successful sale of several branches to Telus themselves.

Jack’s long tenure in finance will be invaluable as AmbiMi continues to scale. His experience in growing a network of physical (retail) store locations via acquisition and organic growth will complement AmbiMi’s plans to open a network of Job Hubs across North America.

 

Jay Hutton

Co-Founder
President / CEO & Director

Juanita Lohmeyer BSc, PMP, MBA, CPA, CMA is the CEO of Forward Strategy Group. She is an award-winning C-Level financial services executive, board member and advisor who delivers growth and transformation resulting in billion-dollar outcomes through 20+ years in financial services, telecommunications, information technology and education.  She also serves as an advisor to the business schools at Cornell University and Queen’s University.

Juanita spent 6 years at Telus where she championed digital and process innovations resulting in an ROI of 600%. Following on from that role she held director positions at ICBC and BCAA. At the former, she led a digital strategic transformation of all enterprise solutions, enabling annual revenue over $3.7B. At BCAA she delivered 40 consecutive months of membership growth as the General Manager of business operations. More recently as President at J.T Insurance Services, the company was recognized as Business in Vancouver’s fastest growing broker with 33% capacity growth and one of HR Reporter‘s 35 Best Places to Work in Canada.

Juanita’s track record in the implementation of high-performing initiatives and processes mark her out as a valuable addition to the Board. Her work with high growth strategies through financial leadership and digital transformation complement AmbiMi’s longer term goals.

Floyd Sijmons

CEO /
Executive in Residence

CEO of Enermetrics, a SaaS start-up in the clean-tech space, Floyd is a mentor and angel investor. More than 30 companies have graduated from his courses and mentoring, including the winner of 2021’s New Ventures start up of the year.

Floyd interned at Groupon before moving up through the company to senior positions, with a focus on problem solving and fixing operational challenges. His next role was as MD & Co-Founder of a financial comparison site in Malaysia, followed by MD & Co-Founder at Helpling, managing their Dutch business. He grew the local business to number 2 in the organization (after the home nation) and started an interest in supporting and developing start-ups. Since then, he has taken several C-suite level positions and increased his start-up support, including a position as Executive in Residence at SFU.

An experienced CEO, supporter of start-ups and angel investor himself, through his work with the Angel Forum. Floyd brings very relevant and valuable experience to the Advisory Board. He has a wealth of knowledge in growing and managing multi-sided marketplace with high volume and low margins, exactly the market AmbiMi intends to operate in.