Born entrepreneur, motivated, hard working, ambitious and high level thinker are a few words to describe Justin and his passion for business. There is no obstacle that will stand in his way. On his feet thinking, problem solving, and incredible sales skills allow Justin to be a leader in his space. With an eye for creativity and branding, Justin plays an active leadership role in every one of his businesses. He asks the smart questions and has a genuine desire to understand the ‘how’ and ‘why’ in all facets of his company. The fundamental need to understand every detail and constantly strategizing with those around him keeps Justin’s team thinking and striving to do their best job. Justin is a graduate from one of Canada’s premier business and economic program at the University of Western Ontario. Coming from a long line of entrepreneurs and investors, from an early age Justin worked retail in his family’s businesses, rising to managerial and buying positions. Understanding sales, forecasting, team management, and learning from others are what continue to drive him. Justin is an avid traveler, investor, knowledge seeker and a family man. He is also a Scotch enthusiast. Justin with his team owns and manages a large portfolio of websites and businesses. These fall into the B2B, B2C, and consumer content spaces. With his extreme knowledge of everything internet and past experience in start-ups to exits, Justin's current focus as his mature business flourish is taking the leap back into start up culture with Needls.com.

Co-Founder & CEO @ Needls is the easiest and most effective way to advertise & find new customers online. We automate the creation, curation and optimization of digital ads across Facebook, Twitter, Google & Bing. Needls will automatically determine the perfect audience to target utilizing the needls. purchase intent engine that monitors social media conversations. From November 2014 to Present (1 year 2 months) Founder & CEO @ Justin plays a minor roll in AYCE on a day to day bases. Having built an incredible team for the past 10 years it is his job to ensure the company is meeting goals, forecasts and oversees major decision making. Justin has a keen eye for the UI/UX aspects of this business and likes to make sure each and every deliverable goes past his desk for edits, comments and guidance. Once approval is given it then and only then will get sent off to the client. From February 2005 to Present (10 years 11 months) Founder & CEO @ Pioneer of website brokering, Justin and his co-founders identified a gap in the middle market, boutique M&A space directly linked to web based business. They stumbled upon this out of a fortunate situation where the founding members were able to make multiple exits for themselves with no guidance or entity to aid, educate and facilitate such transactions. Today WSYS is the place to go for buyers and sellers when looking to sell, acquire or find funding for web businesses in the $1m to $15m price point. Justin has negotiated and closed a plethora of businesses in excess of 200 million in revenues in all categories online. He prides himself in have one of the best contact lists of sellers,buyers and internet rockstars around. From February 2005 to Present (10 years 11 months)

B.Com/BMOS, Business @ Western University From 2001 to 2005 KCVI Justin Hartzman is skilled in: Online Advertising, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Affiliate Marketing, Business Development, SEO, E-commerce, Web Design, SEM, Mobile Applications, Program Management, Competitive Analysis, Strategy, Online Marketing, PPC