Before co-founding Longworth, Jim spent more than two decades launching, developing, and managing early-stage software and information service companies. As CEO of PlanetAll, Inc., a pioneering Web networking service, Jim directed the company from its early venture-funding phase through its acquisition by Amazon.com for $100 million. Previously, Jim was the founding General Manager of ZDNet, the Web's leading IT information service, acquired by CNET for $1.3 billion. Before ZDNet, Jim was an Executive Vice President at Simon & Schuster/Prentice Hall, where he directed the online publishing activities of its legal publishing division. Jim started his career managing digital media initiatives at McGraw-Hill. Jim also represents Longworth on the boards of directors of Constant Contact, EnvoyWorldWide, Kaon Interactive, Softricity, and Voxant. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) and Boston's Museum of Science. Jim graduated from Harvard University.