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Jim Sims has a stellar track record in building market-leading professional services and technology firms. Before GEN3 he founded Cambridge Technology Partners Inc., Cambridge MA in 1991 and led the firm to $625 million in annual revenue, 4,500 employees and international prominence. Sims and CTP, a consulting and systems-integration company, pioneered the approach of guaranteeing companies and government agencies the development of computer systems on a fixed-price, fixed-time basis. CTP was purchased by Novell, Inc. in 2001. Prior to CTP, Sims founded Concurrent Computer Corp. and as Chairman, President and CEO built it to $340 million in annual revenue and 3,500 employees. Concurrent was the market leader in real-time information systems. Sims founded GEN3 Partners in 1999 with Michael Treacy to focus on the business of corporate innovation. Through his successful prior ventures, Sims understood the value of innovation and sought to build a company based on science and technical expertise to create a standard for innovation that could be easily deployed and widely adopted by industry. With his expertise in consulting, intellectual property and extensive background in the venture community, Sims expanded GEN3 Partners by creating a wholly owned subsidiary, GEN3 Ventures designed to create high value companies based on the innovation discipline of GEN3 Partners - the GEN3: Innovation Discipline (G3:ID). To better serve the demands of growing companies Sims also serves as Managing Partner in GEN3 Capital, LP - a fund established to mine for technology rich opportunities for building growth based businesses. Sims was elected to the EDS Board of Directors in September 2006, and to the Thru, Inc. Board of Directors in January 2008. He has served as Chairman and CEO of Airgain, Inc. since November 2004; Chairman of American E-Pay, Inc. since February 2005; Chairman of Groxis, Inc. since November 2004; Chairman of GenXL, Inc. since September 2006; Chairman of Leveler, LLC since December of 2007; and Chairman of Specialists on Call, Inc. since December of 2007. He was Chairman of the Board of RSA Security Inc., a provider of online identity and digital asset security services, from June 2003 to September 2006 and Vice Chairman from October 2002 to June 2003. Previously he was director of Enterasys Networks, Inc. from June 2004 to March 2005. | 