JAMES N. BOYCE RESUME - 8 Fallingbrook Drive Toronto, ON MIN 1B4 Tel. (H) (0) (C) - Ontario Tennis Association
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JAMES N. BOYCE
RESUME
8 Fallingbrook Drive
Toronto, ON MIN 1B4
Tel. 416.694.0359 (H)
416.514.1101 (0)
416.419.3875 (C)
JAMES N. BOYCE BIO
Jim Boyce’s extensive history 2 years, and coach of the Canadian National Team at
began as a teenager serving as the World Junior Championships in 1983 and 1985.
captain of the Canadian team for
the Junior World Championships In 1977, Jim was hired by the All Season Racquets
and winning five prestigious national Club in Ottawa as their Head Pro and soon after, he
junior championships titles. These made the transition to General Manager. Jim also
accomplishments awarded Jim the served as General Manager at the Brantford North
“Pepsi-Cola Outstanding Canadian Park Racquets Club in 1979
Junior Award” three years in a row.
At only 29 years old, Jim was
As a university student on selected as Chair of the 1980
a full tennis scholarship he Davis Cup Tie by Tennis
was captain of Mississippi Canada. Afterwards, Jim
State University’s tennis team for three years returned to Toronto as the
and he was an all South Eastern Conference Senior Professional at the
(SEC) player. He was the Canadian Men’s singles Toronto Lawn Tennis Club
and doubles champion in 1976, a member of the where he remained for the
Canadian Davis Cup team, and a 32-time national next ten years.
champion. Most recently, he had the honour of
representing Canada once again, as the Captain In1990,Jimdecidedtoenterthe
of the Canadian 65 team during the 2017 World real estate business, working
Team Championships in Orlando Florida. as a Sales Representative for
7 years. During this time, he
He has been a certified Level 3 coach since 1984 and was simultaneously taking on
was awarded Tennis Canada’s “Coach of the Year for the roles of Director of Junior
Grassroots Development” in 1989. Additionally, Jim Development then Director of
was the Eastern Canadian coach for 3 years, Chair Memberships at the Kew
of the Canadian Junior National Championships for Gardens Tennis Club as
JAMES N. BOYCE BIO
well as Treasurer of the Toronto Tennis League. OTA and Tennis Canada at the Aviva Centre (formerly,
Rexall Centre), where our offices have been located
In addition to sitting on the board of Sport 4 Ontario since 2005.
for five years, from 2000 to 2005 Jim was an Executive
Board Member (Finance) for the Sport Alliance of Currently, Jim’s responsibilities include the overall
Ontario (SAO) and was the Chair of the Doug Philpott management of the Ontario Tennis Association
Inner-City Children’s Fund which provides kids in with a specific focus on the establishment and
need with free tennis lessons and equipment. enhancement of the OTA’s revenue streams. The
OTA has experienced years of significant growth and
Jim began his career at the OTA as a board member, improvement.
before taking the position of Chair of the Central
Region in 1996. He soon moved into the role of He is currently leading the OTA team for the
Vice President of Marketing and Communications. construction of the new $15,000,000 Training
Jim increasingly took a hands-on responsibility Centre which will open in 2021. The facility will
for the marketing aspects of the association and boast 10 indoor and 10 outdoor tennis courts plus
eventually decided to pursue the Executive Director training amenities.
position which he obtained in 1997.
As Executive Director, Jim served as the project
leader of the first web-based dynamic ranking system
in Canada. This project known as Baseline, was
completed in 2002 and used by all provincial tennis
associations across the country as well as Tennis
Canada until 2014. Jim was also instrumental in
the creation and design of tennisontario.com which
currently receives over 1 million unique visits and 8.7
million hits per year. In addition to these achievements,
he also negotiated the long-term lease between the
1978 Davis Cup Canada vs Jamaica
JAMES N. BOYCE RESUME EDUCATION MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, Starkville, Mississippi Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Fields: Marketing, Advertising and Accounting Attended on a full four-year Tennis Scholarship NATIONAL COACHING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM Certified as Canadian Level III Tennis Coach since 1984 ONTARIO REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATION 1990 to 1997 SKILLS Computer 1. Website authoring and design 2. Advanced Word and Excel Spreadsheet 3. Corel 10 Draw and Photo Paint graphical design 4. Microsoft Office Suite 5. Quicken Accounting Management 7. Advanced design and experience in dynamic tennis ranking software Other 1. Government Grant Writing and Design 2. Advanced negotiation techniques 3. Sales experience ($49,000,000 in real estate, sponsorship and government) 4. Fundraising techniques
JAMES N. BOYCE RESUME EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 1997 - Present ONTARIO TENNIS ASSOCIATION Executive Director, Toronto ON 1991 - 1997 SUTTON GROUP PARTNERS REALTY INC. Sales Representative, Toronto ON 1980 - 1989 TORONTO LAWN TENNIS CLUB Senior Professional, Toronto ON 1979 - 1980 BRANTFORD NORTH PARK RACQUETS CLUB General Manager, Brantford ON 1977 - 1979 ALL SEASONS RACQUETS CLUB Pro/Manager, Ottawa ON POSITIONS 2015 - Present Chairman of Executive Director Council for Provincial Tennis Associations 2000 - 2006 Board Member SAO (Sport Alliance of Ontario) 2000 - 2005 Chair of the Doug Philpott Inner City Children’s Fund 1997 - Present Executive Director, Ontario Tennis Association 1996 - 1997 Vice President, Ontario Tennis Association 1996 Chair, Ontario Tennis Association Central Region Chair of Play Tennis Ontario 1993 - 1996 Treasurer, Toronto Tennis League 1995 - 1996 Director of Memberships, Kew Gardens Tennis Club 1993 - 1994 Director of Junior Development, Kew Gardens Tennis Club 1990 - 1998 Member of the Toronto Real Estate Board Member of the Toronto Real Estate Board (Politician Action Committee) Member of the Canadian and Ontario Real Estate Associations 1985, 1983 Canadian Coach at World Junior Championships in Orlando, Florida 1984, 1983 Chair of the Canadian Junior National Championships 1981 Coach for Canadian Junior National Championships (Ontario Tennis Association) 1980 Chair of 1980 Davis Cup Tie 1978 - 1980 Eastern Canadian Coach 1977 - 1979 Coach, National Capital Tennis Association (Ottawa) 1971 - 1973 Captain of Mississippi State Tennis Team 1967 - 1969 Captain of Canadian Team for Junior World Championships
JAMES N. BOYCE RESUME AWARDS 1967 Pepsi-Cola Outstanding Canadian Junior Award 1968 Gold Medal Winner of Centennial National Fitness Program 1968 Pepsi-Cola Outstanding Canadian Junior Award 1969 Pepsi-Cola Outstanding Canadian Junior Award 1970 Achievement Award, Government of Ontario for Amateur Sport 1974 Recognition Award, Government of Ontario for Provincial Champion 1975 Recognition Award, Government of Ontario for Provincial Champion 1976 Ontario Champion Certificate, Ontario Government 1976 Achievement Award, Government of Ontario for Amateur Sport 1986 Achievement Award, Government of Ontario for Amateur Sport 1989 Tennis Canada Coach of the Year for Grassroots Development 2012 Tennis Canada Volunteer Achievement Award
JAMES N. BOYCE RESUME
TENNIS RECORD
Senior
2017 Captain of the Canadian Team to the Britannia Cup World 65 Team Championships
2017 Ontario Senior 60 Singles Champion
2016 Canadian 65 Singles and Doubles Champion
2016 Ontario 60 Singles Champion
2014 Ontario 50 Doubles Champion
2013 Ontario 55 Singles Champion
2009 Member of Canadian Team to the World Cup 55 Championships
2008 Canadian 55 Singles Finalist - Doubles Champion
2004 Canadian 50 Doubles Champion
2003 Canadian Indoor Doubles Champion 50 and over
2002 Captain of the Canadian Team to the Fred Perry Cup World 50 Team Championships
Canadian Indoor Doubles Champion 50 and over
2001 Canadian 50 Singles Champion
Ontario Senior over 50 Singles Champion
2000 Ontario Doubles Champion over 45
1999 Ontario Doubles Champion over 40
1997 Captain of the Canadian Team to the Dubler
Cup World 45 Team Championships
1996 Ranked number 1 in Canada for 45 and over
Singles and Doubles
Ontario 40 and 45 Champion singles and doubles
2017 World
Championships
JAMES N. BOYCE RESUME
TENNIS RECORD
1995 Ontario Over 40 Champion
1991 Canadian Senior Championships
Semi-finalist (35 and over)
1990 Member of Canadian Italia
Cup Team to World (35 and over) Event
1989 Canadian Senior Championships Finalist
- Singles and Doubles (35 and Over)
1979 Canadian Doubles Champion
1976 Canadian Men’s Singles and Doubles Champion
1976 Davis Cup Team Member
1975 Davis Cup Team Member
1977 Davis Cup Canada vs Israel
Canadian Men’s Championships Finalist
1971 Canadian Men’s Championships Finalist
Junior
1969 Canadian Junior Champion Under 18 Singles
1968 Canadian Open Junior Champion Under 18 Singles
1968 Canadian Junior Champion Under 18 singles
1967 Canadian Junior Champion Under 16 Singles
1965 Canadian Junior Champion Under 14 Singles
1967 Toronto Star
JAMES N. BOYCE RESUME
STORY LINES
1. Appointment as Executive Director, Ontario Tennis Association
On June 30th, 1997, I was made Executive Director of the association and
began the process of rebuilding it. We were $80K in debt after already
receiving our yearly government grant, had almost no sponsorships
Happy Holidays and
various staff vacancies. There was no discipline within the staff and very low
morale. I hired an entire new group of people who were strong in character
and hard working. Within 9 months the team had turned the operation
around and we headed in a new direction. Since 1997 the organization
has always been on budget for 21 straight years and tripled in operation
size. We were the first to have a website for tennis and a 4-issue tennis
magazine called Ontario Tennis-(OT). Our entire accounting system was
retooled and professionalized with a host of internal financial policies and
controls. Our most significant accomplishment has been the rebuilding of
the competitive structure which helped create the environment for ATP tour
players Milos Raonic and Denis Shapovalov to develop within. Numerous
world Junior Champions have emerged from Ontario.
2. Development of BASELINE (Dynamic Ranking System)
We formed a small team at the OTA and a partnership with Computan Inc. in 1999 to design and
develop a web-based dynamic ranking system for our competitive structure. I lead the group
and did most of the preliminary design work and program functionality. In 2000 our system was
operational and was the first such system in Canada or the world. We were able to upload results
immediately after matches and generate up-to-date rankings daily. As a result, our website
tennisontario.com experienced massive traffic from all the competitors.
I also designed and authored the first tennis website in Canada called tennisontario.com.
At one point in the early 2000’s the site was receiving over 50 million hits per year.JAMES N. BOYCE RESUME 3. Doug Philpott Inner City Children’s Tennis Fund I was a member of the Board of the Doug Philpott Inner City program in 2000. Unfortunately, the fund was in financial difficulty and dysfunctional forcing the Board to consider closing it down. The current Chair and co-Chair did not wish to continue in their positions. At the end of the day, I was the only person who came forward to take over Canada’s largest tennis charity. Once in place, I formed a new team of Board members, hired a Controller to manage our tax receipting (which was in arrears for 3 years), retooled our marketing campaign and finally instilled a budget and operating plan. Over the 5 years I was Chair, we increased all our tennis programing to needy inner city kids. When I left in 2005 the Philpott fund had over $500,000 in the bank. 4. Sport Alliance of Ontario (SAO) Board Member In 2003, I was nominated and elected to the Board as the representative of sport executives in Ontario. I served for 5 years and joined the Finance Committee which oversaw the budgeting and financial reporting of the $9 million budget. A number of recommendations were made through our analysis and a cautionary warning was made to management that the SAO’s cash flow was not healthy. I was asked to work on a cash flow analysis with the finance team. Unfortunately, our warnings were not heeded and in 2015 the SAO went bankrupt and was closed. 5. Senior Tennis Professional During my tenure at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club in the 1980’s as the Senior Professional, I created a number of tennis programs which are still in existence today and benefit the Toronto tennis community. The Toronto Ladies Invitational Doubles Tournament is held every year since 1981 in January raising over $80,000 each year for Inner City Children’s programs and the Under 12/14 Toronto Clay Court Classic which also raises funds for needy children. Over the years these programs have raised well over a million dollars for charity.
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