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Jim Mutter is a lawyer with Benson Salloum Watts, having recently moved from Vancouver to Kelowna, specializing in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, particularly in the technology field. Previously, he was a Senior Client Partner at Korn/Ferry International, a premier global provider of talent management solutions, and before that he was the President of the Premier's Technology Council where he led the Council's activities in making recommendations to the Government of British Columbia. Mr. Mutter is also a co-founder and former chair of The Board of Directors of Apparent Networks, a Vancouver-based network intelligence software company. As a key member of Apparent Network's senior management team, he helped lead the company from inception through product commercialization to completion of one of the largest initial rounds of venture financing for a Canadian technology company in 2002. Mr. Mutter was previously a partner at Fasken Martineau, where he helped establish one of the largest technology practice groups in Vancouver. He currently serves on the board of the Vancouver Enterprise Forum and is a former board member of the BC Technology Industries Association. Mr. Mutter holds a bachelor of business administration from the University of Prince Edward Island and a bachelor of laws from the University of Calgary.

Expertise:

• Raising capital
• Building teams
• Being acquired