President/CEO Exact Wave
Provo, Utah Area
President/CEO Exact Wave
Provo, Utah Area
James Endicott is the Founder/CEO of EXACT WAVE, based in Provo, Utah. James has served on the board of various private entities. As a board member, he helped Gruvie.com raise an initial Angel round of funding. Until recently he also served on the Board of Directors of Distriba, a social network software platform. He continues his business efforts within EXACT WAVE as well as several technology projects, including board posts at Serento Ventures and has helped to seed Search Clicks, llc.
As part of his commitment to non-profit organizations and community affairs, James is serving on the board of Advisors for ACE - The Academy for Creating Enterprise, The JKPD Foundation, and still serves as a Founder for the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at Brigham Young University. James has served as the a faculty Advisor to the Business Plan Competition in the Marriott School of Management at BYU. He is also a member of the Utah Technology Council, Young President’s Organization, and dedicates significant time to educational, church, and the Boy Scouts of America.
Throughout his business career James has been honored as a vSpring 100 Entrepreneur on multiple occasions, a MWCN “Utah 100” Honoree on multiple occasions, and has been featured by Utah Business Magazine and Utah Valley BusinessQ magazine as a top “40 Under 40” business leader. James has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal as well as other national and regional publications. EXACT WAVE was honored in 2008 as Utah's 21st fastest growing company.
James is a graduate of Brigham Young University and The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah.
Competitive analysis, financing/angel investing, Online Optimization, web development, online sales and marketing, multiple start-ups, mergers and acquisition, real estate development, direct marketing, Software, Executive management, Internet Marketing, SEO, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, traditional marketing, affiliate marketing ... blogging, Google Adwords, PPC marketing, web usability , gorilla marketing.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
August 2002 — Present (7 years 4 months)
(Education Management industry)
April 2000 — Present (9 years 8 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 1997 — September 2000 (3 years 6 months)
Network software management company. Founded in April 1997, Sold in Septemenber 2000.
MBA , Marketing , 1998 — 2000
BA , History Education , 1991 — 1995
Surfing, Skiing, Fishing, Baseball, Building and launching new companies
Part Time Faculty - 2007-present - Brigham Young University - Marriott School of Management- Business Plan Competition Advisor
Founder - Center for Entrepreneurship BYU Marriott School of Management
Founder - JKPD Foundation
Advisory Board - Academy for Creating Enterprise - Philippines
2003 - #13 "Top 25 Under 5"
2004 - #9 "Top 25 Under 5"
2005 #4 "Top 25 Under 5"
2004 Mountain West Capital Network Utah 100
2005 - Utah Business magazine's "Rising Stars: 40 Under 40"
2005 Mountain West Capital Network Utah 100
2006 #3 "Top 25 Under 5"
2005 VSpring V100
2006 BusinessQ "Top 40 Under 40"
2006 Mountain West Capital Network Utah 100
2006 VSpring V100
2007 Mountain West Capital Network Utah 100
2007 VSpring V100
2008 VSpring V100
2008 Utah Business Magazine Fast 50
2009 VSpring V100