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Jamie Ha

Co-founder & Board Member, ZayZoon

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Jamie Ha is a co-founder of ZayZoon, the Calgary company that lets hourly workers draw wages they have already earned before payday, and served as its Chief Financial Officer. Ha spent more than a decade in investment banking, most recently as a managing director in corporate finance at FirstEnergy Capital, and now sits on ZayZoon's board.

Jamie hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Jamie co-founded ZayZoon, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Did Jamie Ha co-found ZayZoon?

Yes. ZayZoon's own profile of him, checked September 24, 2026, calls him co-founder and says he joined after meeting Darcy Tuer and Tate Hackert at a Startup Calgary event. Investor Viola, in a portfolio note published April 3, 2024, quotes Tuer calling him the company's third co-founder.

What is his role today?

ZayZoon's Our Story page, checked September 24, 2026, lists him as Co-founder and Board Member. The same page lists Karim Punja as Chief Financial Officer.

What did he do before ZayZoon?

The Scotiabank Digital Banking Lab profile of ZayZoon at Western University's Ivey Business School, checked September 24, 2026, lists him as a managing director in corporate finance at FirstEnergy Capital from 2001 to 2015, with a Bachelor of Commerce from the Haskayne School of Business.

When did he become CFO?

The same Ivey profile, checked September 24, 2026, dates his co-founder and CFO role from January 2017. A January 2023 Business in Calgary article republished by ATB Financial names him as ZayZoon's co-founder and CFO.

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