J. Stephan-Usypchuk · Montréal & FloridaThe record, dated.
JSU Solutions founded
Montréal. The practice that would generate well over $75M in new business, recognized among Canada's foremost experts in paid social.
AI.DA 2.0 ships, pre-OpenAI
Behavioral marketing intelligence in production three years before OpenAI existed. Named among Canada's top Meta advertisers the same year; later featured by Hootsuite and AdEspresso. One client matched two years of e-commerce sales in 60 days.
Teaching the next generation
Guest lecturer at Montréal universities including Concordia's John Molson School of Business, on real-world growth systems.
Operator and acquirer
Co-founded and led AI ventures including Freya.ai. Group CMO and board roles across high-growth organizations. Part of an independent sponsor led acquisition valued over $100M.
AI.DA 3.0 in the biggest rooms
AI.DA 3.0 powers M&A and deal origination for firms including BlackRock, Blackstone, HIG Capital, Sixth Street, Metropolitan, and SLR Capital Partners: systematic off-market opportunity sourcing where being wrong about behavior costs millions.
Ecliptica-Ops, co-founded with Cassandra Steele
Architected Constellation, fusing 17 years of behavioral and deal-pattern data with 24 federated sources. 80+ AI agentic systems built across MSP, manufacturing, distribution, finance, CRE, RIA, and M&A. Vertical platforms live: Territory Signal, Departure Radar, the NexusFlow outreach engine. Fractional CSO seats at LightChange Technologies and Trascinda-USA.
"He's a rare blend of strategic thinker and hands-on leader... incredibly well-connected in finance, private equity, and credit circles. When it comes to identifying and pursuing M&A targets, he's simply one of the best."Eduardo Cervantes · Strategic Partner
Why the glasses?
James is known for a collection of bold, colorful glasses. The philosophy is the same one inside AI.DA: breakthrough results come from reading the market through a different lens than everyone else is wearing. The frames are just the visible version.
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