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James S. (Jim) Paul
2009–Present
James Paul was appointed to the position of DCC’s fifth
President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2009.
He is a technology industry veteran, with a career spanning
almost 30 years in a variety of Canadian technology
companies, including as founder and president of a video
networking company and in senior management roles with
publicly-traded Canadian technology companies in the voice
and data communications sector. Until September 2009,
James Paul also served as Chair of the Canada Science and
Technology Museum Corporation. An Ontario lawyer, he
earned a law degree from the University of Ottawa after
studying in the business program at Carleton University.
Jim has worked extensively on managing major infrastructure
projects—from the proposal stage through to contract award
and delivery—in particular, for critical infrastructure projects
in the civilian, government and defence sectors. As part of
his role managing the resource needs for a number of
high-growth companies, he was also involved in the planning,
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financing and construction of a number of major building
projects located in Canada, the United States and Europe.
These projects included general office buildings as well
as specialized technology facilities, such as high-tech
manufacturing and semi-conductor fabrication facilities.
With this background, Jim came to DCC with a clear
strategic direction that was shaped by several priorities.
This included managing DCC’s growth in an unprecedented
period of increasing investment and demand for major
infrastructure projects for DND/CF. Ensuring that DCC
maintains its capability and agility in its human resources,
service line development, management organization and
business optimization is a significant part of this vision.
Equally important is raising DCC’s profile and, as a comple-
mentary goal, strengthening relations with its partners in
industry, at DND/CF and with its government stakeholders,
as well as DCC’s board members. When taken as a whole,
this strategy ensures that DCC will remain a key partner for
DND, while being recognized as an industry leader.
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