Jim Courtney

by Jim Courtney on Thu, Feb 12, 2009 7:02 am

Sketch by Barbara Muir from a Skype High Quality Video session

Jim Courtney provides his viewpoint on the Voice 2.0 World from the perspective of thirty years’ experience as a sales, marketing and business development executive with high technology enterprises.

Jim’s current interests are in the area of intelligent, interactive real time communications, embedding chat, presence, voice and web conferencing into Web 2.0/Voice 2.0 applications and services. His introduction to VoIP was through business development activities associated with early stage VoIP and web conferencing software available in 1996. As mobile devices have evolved into smartphones (and as a RIM shareholder since 1998) his interests now incorporate the evolution of mobile smartphones.

Jim’s consulting activities have included:

Business development: partnering strategies and execution
Sales and marketing: leveraging distribution channels for revenues and coverage
Product management: from concept to product/service success, bridging developer innovation and market needs
Business plans: supporting funding search for early stage entrepreneurs

Most recently he consulted with businesses that apply Internet and associated technologies to the healthcare, automotive, telecommunications and location-based services markets.

Jim worked with product lines ranging from computerized instrumentation and PC hardware to PC software and Internet-based services. He led the successful launch of new products in geographical and vertical markets, often taking them to significant market share leadership. He also:

participated at a senior level on a successful corporate reorganization team
developed effective business partnerships built around distribution channel and OEM models
has had extensive exposure to the healthcare market including sales of medical equipment for detection of neuro disorders and participation in IT-related projects involving healthcare operations.
lead a trade organization whose goal was to generate awareness of intellectual property rights and responsibilities.

Jim holds four degrees from the University of Toronto in engineering, physics and business administration.