Founder of Alcatel Networks Corp., Tundra Semiconductor Corp. and Stratford Managers Corp., James Norman Roche is an entrepreneur and businessperson who has been at the head of 8 different companies and currently holds the position of Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at ThinkRF Corp., Chairman for Aonix Advanced Materials Corp., Non-Executive Chairman of Ballard Power Systems, Inc. and President & Chief Executive Officer for Stratford Managers Corp. Mr. Roche is also on the board of Ocean Networks Canada and Purefacts Financial Solutions, Inc. and Chairman of Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Inc.

In the past James Norman Roche held the position of President & Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Microelectronics Corp., General Manager of Newbridge Networks, Inc., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Tundra Semiconductor Corp., Chief Operating Officer at Sidense Corp. and President & Chief Executive Officer at CANARIE, Inc.

He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts, a graduate degree from Babson College and an undergraduate degree from Queen's University.