James-Wang

James Wang

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Biography:

James Wang has an MBA from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and an Honours BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.

Expertise and Experience

James grew up on Vancouver’s North Shore. He works at Lifelabs in e-commerce and has worked in marketing and e-commerce leadership positions at FYi Doctors, the largest vision care company in Canada, as Head of Marketing at a sunglasses brand under EssilorLuxottica, led marketing at a leading Asian food CPG company in Canada, managed home insurance marketing at BCAA and led DTC e-commerce at Vega (a Danone brand).

James has taught more than 2,200 students in marketing and e-commerce courses at UBC Sauder School of Business, SFU Beedie School of Business, Kwantlen Polytechnic University Melville School of Business, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Douglas College, Vancouver Community College, Trent University and Langara College.

James likes flying quad-line revolution kites and driving on long stretches of well-paved curvy roads in naturally aspirated cars with his navigator while listening to vocal EDM. Mentoring aspiring marketing professionals is something he cares about deeply.