Don Simmonds

Don is an experienced executive leader and serial entrepreneur, currently serving as the Chairman and CEO of Blyth Group, a Family Office and incubator. Having participated in more than 30 start-ups, Don was a founding partner of the Lenbrook Group in 1977, best known for creating Clearnet, one of Canada’s three major wireless networks and sold to Telus reportedly for $6.6 billion in 2000. Don was also the Founder & CEO of AirIQ Inc., one of the first Canadian companies to combine GPS satellite and wireless technologies. During his tenure, AirIQ was named one of Canada’s fastest growing technology companies and in 2005 he was named a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year® Awards. A member of the Canadian Telecommunications Hall of Fame and a Queen’s Jubilee medal recipient, Don is also a former CEO of CTS Television.

Don is well known as an avid supporter of innovation, acquisition-based growth strategies, and combining new technologies that deliver impactful results for customers, and for his leadership at international charitable organizations/networks. He has recently applied his considerable talents to the healthcare technology industry having founded and invested in businesses that focus on delivery of data, assessments, and personal health information, to clinicians and to families in a circle of care. He is also currently the Chancellor of Crandall University in Moncton, New Brunswick and a Director of Baylin Technologies Inc., which trades on the TSX.