JD is the Co-founder and Partner of Eastend Ventures, Founder and Managing Director of Virtca Capital, and Non-executive director of several prominent technology and not-for-profit organisations.

Originally from Canada, JD has spent the past two decades living and working throughout Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe. JD relocated to Adelaide in 2021 after being awarded the Australian Global Talent Visa based on his internationally recognised technology and business achievements.

JD is an accomplished, transparent and innovative business, finance and technology leader with extensive experience growing companies to scale. He has held key leadership and shareholders positions as the Managing Director and Corporate Technology Director of multinational organisations, where he played a significant role in leading these companies through phases of substantial growth and international expansion (growing from 100 to over 1,800 employees across four countries). Beyond numbers, JD's influence was felt across mergers and acquisitions, compliance and governance, operations, product development, stakeholder management and engagement, digital transformation, enterprise systems, process improvement and the creation of some of the Oil and Gas industry's first widely adopted SaaS, digital workforce, IoT, AI and machine learning-based solutions and products (with numerous Fortune 500 companies as early adopters and long-term clients).

JD holds a suite of qualifications, including an MBA in Finance, Graduate – Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), Project Management Professional (PMP), a commercial pilot licence and an array of financial and technological accreditations.