Paul Taalman is the founder and president of Phoenix Consumer Products Inc., and creator of the Here I Am App. Phoenix Consumer Products Inc. is headquartered in Ajax, Ontario, Canada, which is located 20 minutes east of Toronto and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. Paul has been in media for over 40 years of which 10 years were spent in radio, 15 years in television, and 3 years in web design/ad agency. The last 12 years he’s spent in the newspaper/publishing and digital advertising industry. 

Paul first came up with the idea for the “Here I Am App” while watching a commercial for the Heart & Stroke Foundation on television. The commercial featured a father with his wife and daughter, when all of a sudden, the father experiences a stroke. Sitting in his living room and alone at that time, Paul thought about what would happen to someone if suddenly they had a stroke while alone? That wouldn’t be a very good situation to be in. It was then that he came up with the idea for the App.

For the development of the Here I Am App, Paul teamed up with Khurram Qureshi to transform his idea into a marketable product.

Paul has been an active member of Rotary International and a member of the Rotary Club of Ajax for eleven years. He enjoys volunteering with Rotary to help make the world a better place, locally, nationally and internationally. In 2018, Paul received the prestigious Paul Harris Award for his volunteer work with Rotary.

In his spare time, Paul enjoys playing golf and travelling. Paul Continues to work in the field of Marketing and Advertising and volunteering with the Rotary Club.