Email this PageJim is a Special Advisor to GC and its portfolio companies.
Jim’s an Emeritus James E. Robison Professor and Senior Associate Dean of the Harvard Business School, where he first joined the faculty in 1976. In addition to heading several executive education programs, he taught in all the major HBS programs. At different times, he also served as Chairman of Baker Library, Chairman of the MBA program, and Chairman of the Harvard Business School Publishing Company.
His research is focused on management of large-scale information technology organizations in multinational companies. He regularly convenes meetings of CIOs and, for five years, led a leadership development program for future CIOs.
Jim participates on a number of public, private and not-for-profit boards, including General Electric, Walmart, The Chubb Corporation and the National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation. He is a former director of Microsoft Corporation and Phase Forward. In addition, Jim is a Limited Partner in the LLC that owns the Boston Celtics and serves on their board.
Jim is a graduate of Texas Christian University, earning a B.S. in Mathematics; Purdue University’s Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, where he received a M.S.C.S; and Purdue University’s Krannert Graduate School of Management, completing his Ph.D. in M.I.S. and Accounting.
