James Fecteau

James Fecteau is the finance and administration leader at the Maine Technology Institute (MTI), which he joined in April 2010. In that role he is responsible for managing the organization's financial and accounting functions, human resources and benefit plans, and general administrative operations. MTI itself is an industry-led, publicly funded nonprofit whose mission is to stimulate the growth of technology-intensive companies that create quality jobs across Maine, deploying grants, loans, and commercialization assistance — including programs such as the Maine Technology Asset Fund.

Before MTI, Fecteau built a career in corporate finance, serving in roles ranging from Controller to Chief Financial Officer for companies across the biotechnology, real estate development, high-tech manufacturing, and distribution industries. He is a former CPA, giving him a strong financial-controls and operations background that he applies to managing public funds deployed into Maine's technology economy.

A native of Augusta, Maine, Fecteau earned a bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College and a master's degree from Northeastern University. He resides in Portland, Maine, with his family.

It is worth noting that the "Angel Investor / Seed Round" label attached to Fecteau in investor databases appears to derive from MTI's institutional role as a seed-stage funder of Maine startups, not from a documented record of personal angel investing. His function at MTI is in finance and administration rather than deal sourcing or investment decision-making.

• Works within MTI, which funds early-stage, technology-intensive companies based in Maine that can create quality, sustainable jobs in the state.
• MTI's capital is concentrated in Maine's seven designated technology sectors (biotech/life sciences, composites & advanced materials, environmental, forest products & agriculture, IT, marine technology & aquaculture, and precision manufacturing).
• The institute supports companies through grants, loans, and commercialization assistance — public/nonprofit capital aimed at de-risking R&D and getting Maine technologies to market, rather than equity angel checks.
• Decisions emphasize Maine economic impact (job creation, in-state growth) and technical/commercial viability; Fecteau's contribution is on the finance, controls, and administration side of those deployments.