| U.S. Naval Academy, BA |
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Jim Watson joined CMEA Capital’s Information Technology team in 2001 and he specializes in software and services companies.
Prior to joining CMEA, Jim was a founder and entrepreneur. He founded Skyway Systems, a high technology services company. He was company President and leader behind the supply chain strategy that twice landed Skyway on the Inc. Magazine list of fastest growing U.S. companies. Inc. Magazine also named Jim as one of the Entrepreneurs of the Year. Skyway, with over 1,300 employees and revenues above $100 million, was subsequently acquired by Union Pacific Corporation (UPN). Prior to Skyway, Mr. Watson was with IBM’s large computer systems division.
He is on the Board of Directors of Apriso,; HassoPlattnerVentures, a European fund; iSuppli; Jobvite; LiveOps; MailExpress; Amitive; Odyssey Logistics; Pixazza; Schooner Technologies; SpikeSource; TrueDemand; Untangle, and Blekko.
Jim was also on the board of CMEA portfolio companies PathScale, acquired by QLogic (NASDAQ: QLGC), and Teros, acquired by Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS).
Jim graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland and served five years as a Navy pilot.
