James Colmer currently lives in Deux Montagnes, Quebec, Canada.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION:
Member of l’Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec
CURRENT COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES (volunteer):
Member of Board of Directors of Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation
Member Loan Committee Micro Entreprendre Basses-Laurentides
Member of Board of Directors of ABL Accès Accueil Action Basses-Laurentides (immigrants)
Member of Board of Directors of Carrefour d’Intercultures de Laval (immigrants)
Volunteer with Perspective Carrière-Laval (immigrants)
CURRENT FINANCIAL SUPPORTER:
Operation Smile: Global child facial surgery
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Business Trainer at Kanehsatake Human Resources Office
English teacher for the Commission Scolaire de la Seigneurie des Mille Îles
Conference trainer for Purchasing Best Practices
Conference speaker – Mentoring, Entrepreneurship
Translation – French to English
PREVIOUS COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES:
Past Member of Soutien au travail autonome Committee, MRC de Deux-Montagnes
Past Member of the Board of Directors CSSS Lac de Deux-Montagnes
Mentor with the Enablis International Mentoring Program (entrepreneurs)
Mentor with Futurpreneur Canada (entrepreneurs)
Mentor with l’Hirondelle (immigrants)
Entrepreneurial Career
James Colmer Consultation Inc. 2005 – 2016
President (retired)
Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada
Administrator (retired)
General Motors of Canada Ltd. 1968 – 2002
Oshawa, Ontario and Ste. Therese, Quebec
Education
Kettering University (Michigan, USA)
BIE, Bachelor of Industrial Engineering 1963 – 1968
Activities and societies
Member of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Zeta Alpha chapter
