Joshua Zaporzan is a skilled strategist, marketer, entrepreneur, and start-up enthusiast with a passion for building businesses, implementing change, and challenging the status quo. Joshua has more than 10 years of experience defining new business strategies, launching new ventures, investing in new companies, working with other business owners, and delivering high operational impact as both a Founder, CEO, COO, Coach, and Management Advisor.
As a passionate, creative, and resilient entrepreneur, Joshua has built, invested in, and led several successful new ventures across multiple industries. In 2015, Joshua joined the team at Longball Athletics, a Canadian golf & lifestyle apparel company with distribution throughout North America. Shortly thereafter, Joshua bought out the original founders of the company and began working as the Owner & CEO, growing and expanding the company’s reach. In the spring of 2020, Longball was acquired and Joshua successfully exited the company.
Following his exit of Longball, Joshua Founded H2MB Inc., a company in the clean technology and renewable energy industry that is working towards building Manitoba’s first green hydrogen production, storage, and distribution facility. H2MB’s vision is to be the leading producer of low-cost green hydrogen for distribution throughout North America and the global export market as the world works towards a zero emissions future, fuelled by renewable energy. As the CEO of H2MB, Joshua is working with companies in multiple sectors to help decarbonize industries and develop opportunities to reach net-zero goals.
In addition to his role as the CEO of H2MB, Joshua and his team at Audax Ventures works with, and invests in, technology start-up's across a variety of industries helping them to launch, grow and exit their business. Audax provides access to resources, fractional COO & CMO support, investment & financing, software development and other professional resources through their own portfolio of companies and established partnerships. This work also includes coaching entrepreneurs to build business plans, pitch decks, new marketing strategies, industry analysis, operational efficiencies, financial modelling and strategic growth.
Joshua was the youngest member appointed to the Manitoba Premier's Business & Jobs Advisory Council and the Provinces Clean Energy Economy Committee, where he works to advise the Province of Manitoba on building a strong economic strategy. Additionally, Joshua is the Past Chair of the Young Associates Board of Directors and is a speaker to various groups of community leaders, university, and MBA students. Most recently, Joshua was named a "Top 10 to Watch" Young Professional by Manitoba Inc. Magazine.