Paul Taalman is the founder and president of Phoenix Consumer Products Inc., and creator of the Here I Am App. He lives in Ajax, Ontario, Canada, which is located 20 minutes east of Toronto and is considered to be part of the Greater Toronto Area. He has been in media for 38 years of which 10 years was spent in radio, 15 years in television, and 3 years in web design/ad agency. The rest of his time he has spent in publishing and online as an account executive and creative director.

He came up with the idea for the “Here I Am App” while watching a commercial on television. The commercial was for the Heart & Stroke Foundation and was about 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 what would happen to someone if suddenly they had a stroke while alone? 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 eight 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, especially with his son Alex and friend Steve Graham. Paul also loves to travel and in January 2019 he traveled to India to attend a friend’s wedding.

After playing ice hockey for most of his adult life, he unfortunately had to hang-up his skates due to a back injury suffered during a game in the spring of 2017.
Paul continues to work in his field keeping creativity and the Rotary Club in the forefront. In partnership with Khurram Qureshi he looks forward to the launch and success of the “Here I Am” App.