Author Archives: Oscar A Jofre Jr.

About Oscar A Jofre Jr.

Oscar A. Jofre Jr. is responsible for establishing the overall strategic direction for BoardSuite and has senior oversight of its operations, product and business development. As the senior corporate leader and spokesperson for BoardSuite, Oscar applies more than two decades of experience in successful start up enterprises to lead the company’s ongoing development and growth with senior customer contacts, partners and key stakeholder relationships. Oscar also serves BoardSuite as an executive member of the Board of Directors. A Chilean-born entrepreneur, innovator and IT specialist, Oscar brings a background of 20 years in senior management, marketing, investor relations and sales and a proven pattern of results-focused leadership. As founder and CEO of Ottawa-based BabelFish Corporation, a SaaS-based multilingual translation portal, he built and led a team of over 135 individuals in providing high-tech multilingual solutions to 7,600 contractors around the world. Oscar co-founded the Canadian Network of Language Industries and sat on the steering committee of the Language Industry Technology Roadmap – an initiative of Industry Canada and the National Research Council. He was the only Canadian on the United Nations/MIT Digital Nations. Oscar currently sits on the boards of BoardSuite Corp., OSOLOS Ventures Inc., and CorpTropolis Corp. A true visionary, with a talent for identifying technology opportunities, BoardSuite is Oscar’s fifth start-up in what he calls his mission to humanize technology. Oscar has been recognized as one of the 10 most influential Hispanic Leaders in Canada. In May 2010, Oscar A. Jofre Jr. was recognized by the Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper for his accomplishments. http://www.boardsuitecorp.com/newsFull.php?id=1272320

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When I came up with the concept for BoardSuite in 2003, I recalled business people would say to me, Governance… that is only for the big companies, it wont be around for too long…. Well we are now in 2013, …

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ITinCanada is showcasing to the world what Canada has to offer.  This initiative started by Michael O’Neil is great support to the many cloud companies in Canada who for many years have not received the media recoginition or attention. ITinCanada …

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On 09 November 2012 the Ontario Securities Commission announced a Guide for Issuers Operating in Emerging Markets which provides a guidance on Emerging Market Review Procedures. ( click here to read news release from OSC) It has to be read …

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Essential Skills Ontario Board of Directors POSITION: One (1) Board of Directors position for Essential Skills Ontario (formerly the Ontario Literacy Coalition) ABOUT ESSENTIAL SKILLS ONTARIO: Essential Skills Ontario is a non-profit organization that works to find the most innovative, …

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