Blaine LaBonte
President, DJI Capital

When Blaine LaBonte joined the family-owned Cougar Tool in 1992, few people realized he would eventually transform the mid-size Canadian firm into an international oilfield services provider. As the company’s Vice-President of Operations, he jumped at the chance to buy Cougar in 2005 and become its president. Under his leadership the company merged with Blackstone Drilling Systems to become Cougar Drilling Solutions.

In January of 2011, he became the newly merged company’s CEO. In April 2015, Blaine became the Executive Director of Cougar, to spend more time with family, and on community projects. Blaine earned a B.Sc. from the University of Alberta and he has also graduated from the prestigious Harvard Business School. Having gone from student to employee to manager to executive to owner/president to CEO, Blaine has experienced virtually every aspect of the business world.