James Tobin

JAMES TOBIN, President and CEO of itemus, Inc., is widely recognized as
an Internet visionary. Mr. Tobin was previously the Executive Vice
President of BCE Inc., where, as the company’s youngest-ever senior
executive, he founded BCE Emergis. Mr. Tobin’s responsibilities at BCE
included investments in new technology and Internet start-ups, as well
as incubating new businesses and applications within Emergis or together
with universities and private sector partners like Microsoft, Netscape,
Sun, Cisco and Novell. Mr. Tobin is also the former President and COO of
Hummingbird Communications, one of the world’s largest enterprise
software companies. For seven years, he was with the Canadian office of
the world’s leading strategy firm, McKinsey & Company, where he led
major IT-based renewal efforts for companies and government bodies. Mr.
Tobin is a graduate of Yale University and received his MBA from the
Harvard Business School.