Our Team
The J Newman Corp. comprises of an eclectic team of professionals who come from varied backgrounds and bring invaluable skill-sets to the table. With many years of rich experience in investment banking, strategy, accountancy, consulting and industry analysis, they are the tour-de-force of this firm.
Our Team is committed to be as involved in our client's business as we would like in ours
The Investment team includes of highly qualified and experienced professionals, who have been assigned responsibilities that complement their forte.
Founders
Jack Newman
Jack has a master’s degree in international law.
He has extensive knowledge and experience in Private Equity markets, emerging market transactions and project management. He is a respected specialist in private equity and venture capital funds, IPO’s, privatizations, stock offers, mergers and acquisitions.
Jonathan Fournier
Jonathan holds a Master’s degree in Anthropology.
Through his multiple trips to Asia, the Middle East and Europe, he has gained extensive experience and expertise in joint ventures and law, acquisitions, private equity and start-ups.
His lively thinking allows him to easily manage novelty and unforeseen events. Great ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
David Simakov received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology working on the design of catalytic membrane reformers for integrated fuel cell systems.
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Prior to joining the University of Waterloo as an Assistant Professor, Dr. Simakov conducted his postdoctoral training in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he worked on thermo-catalysis and reactor design for solar thermal reforming.
His main research expertise is heterogeneous catalysis and reactor design applied to thermocatalytic conversions.
Currently, Dr. Simakov works on thermocatalytic conversion of CO2 into renewable synthetic fuels.
David Simakov
Professor Stukalov helps match the interests of companies and researchers in the areas of energy, oil and gas, biotech, nanotech, cleantech, quantum, as well as other areas of physical and life sciences.
He received his PhD degree in Engineering Physics, and worked for a number of years conducting research in the areas of organic electronics, biophysics and microbiology. He founded three startup businesses, one being a university spin-off based on his own research in the area of industrial biotechnology (successfully exited).
Oleg joined the Corporate Research Partnerships Group in May 2023, after working for a number of years at the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and prior to that at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Professor Oleg is also an experienced educator and taught a variety of topics covering deeptech startup creation, IP management, product development, and design thinking.
Oleg Stukalov
Associate Professors