James Stephan-Usypchuk

About

Growth and corporate-development executive with 17 years building behavioral intelligence behind off-market deal flow and revenue infrastructure. Creator of AI.DA (behavioral AI in production since 2012) now powering M&A and deal origination for firms including BlackRock, Blackstone, H.I.G. Capital, Sixth Street, and SLR Capital Partners. Co-founder of Ecliptica/Ecliptica-Ops and builder of proprietary deal-intelligence and AI-driven revenue engines, including Constellation fusing behavioral/deal-pattern data with federated sources to anticipate which deals move and when.

Experience

• Fractional Chief Marketing Officer · Trascinda USA2022

  Serve as fractional marketing leader, owning brand, positioning, demand generation, and go-to-market strategy.

• Fractional Chief Strategy Officer · Murcuri, LLC08-20-2025

  Lead M&A, growth, and strategic partnerships, with AI-enablement initiatives that align strategy with market opportunity to build enterprise value.

• Fractional Chief Strategy Officer · LightChange Technologies06-20-2025

  Lead M&A and deal origination alongside the CTO, embedding AI-enablement across the integration thesis.

• Co-Founder, Ecliptica-Ops · Ecliptica-Ops09-20-2025

  Co-founded an AI-native platform for capital access, deal sourcing, and revenue origination, and architected Constellation, a proprietary intelligence engine fusing 17 years of behavioral and deal-pattern data with 24 federated sources to anticipate which deals move, and when. Built 80+ AI agentic systems across manufacturing, distribution, finance, CRE, RIA, and M&A; launched vertical platforms including Territory Signal and Departure Radar. Serve as fractional marketing leader, owning brand, positioning, demand generation, and go-to-market strategy. Co-architected the company’s roll-up strategy with the CEO, sharpening market positioning and acquisition targeting. Lead M&A and deal origination alongside the CTO, embedding AI-enablement across the integration thesis. Lead M&A, growth, and strategic partnerships, with AI-enablement initiatives that align strategy with market opportunity to build enterprise value.

• Fractional Chief Strategy Officer · Murcuri, LLC08-20-2025

  Lead M&A, growth, and strategic partnerships, with AI-enablement initiatives that align strategy with market opportunity to build enterprise value.

• Fractional Chief Marketing Officer · Trascinda USA2022

  Serve as fractional marketing leader, owning brand, positioning, demand generation, and go-to-market strategy.

• Chief Executive Officer · Kairos Intelligence Inc.2023 – 2024

  Led an AI marketing-technology firm serving roll-ups, centered on top-line revenue and EBITDA improvement through acquisition integration; deployed predictive analytics that guided strategic decisions across portfolio entities.

• Board Member & Group Chief Marketing Officer · TriPhoenix Partners2023 – 2024

  Board-level marketing leadership across a multi-company partner group; part of an independent-sponsor-led acquisition valued over $100M.

• Co-Founder & Primary Investor · Njord Venture Group2020 – 2024

  Primary investor deploying capital from personal family offices, focused on micro-investments in marketing technology. Built a capital-matching platform connecting mature companies seeking capital with direct lenders, institutional banks, and capital-management firms.

• Founder & Chief Executive Officer · JSU Solutions Inc.2009

  Built JSU into one of Canada’s premier digital-marketing firms and created AI.DA, in production since 2012, credited with well over $75M in new business; one client matched two years of e-commerce sales in 60 days. AI.DA now powers M&A and deal origination for firms including BlackRock, Blackstone, H.I.G. Capital, Sixth Street, and SLR Capital Partners.

Education

• Concordia UniversityB.A., Communication & Media Studies
• Dawson CollegeDEC, Psychology

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