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Jim Cook
Technologist,
Entrepreneur, Consultant, Advisor
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After
getting a BS of Mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Jim went to MIT as
a Research Engineer in the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department. Twenty-five years
later he was back at MIT doing Management of Technology consulting for the Sloan School's
Associate Dean, Ed Roberts. Between those career bookends, Jim was intensely involved
in high technology as an entrepreneur, executive, and consultant. The roughly
chronological highlights of Jim's career are:
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Sr. Partner Rulon & White Governance Strategies leading their Autonomous Vehicle
practice in Washington, DC. |
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Concurrently CFO of
Progress, Inc. (AI Venture)
and Omega-Server Inc. (High Performance
Computing Venture). |
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At 1st China-US Science &
Technology Think Tank Symposium, as guest of the Minister of Science & Technology. |
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In Changsha, China
as presenter of Opening Remarks for: The 2019 InnoSTARS Grand Competition-Grand Final. |
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As Board Member and CFO of
Quadrobot ("Last Mile" Delivery
EV vehicle startup) advised and did projections. |
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Representing China, spoke on
Entrepreneurship in China at the Kauffman Foundation's
2008 Global Symposium. |
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Chaired the Beijing conference on
"Bridging the Cultural Gap - Key to Success". |
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Delivered a series of lectures at the Financial Policy Center of People's
University. |
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Taught MBAs
Finance, Project Mgmt., Economics of Manufacturing (@UCSD ) et al. |
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Consulted to AT&T Bell Labs' VP on managing their Intellectual Property talent. |
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Consulted to
Fiat and Rolls-Royce
Aero on restructuring for rapid development. |
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Consulted for 5 years to DuPont on
Step Change improvement in nylon production. |
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Attributed in Odyssey by Apple's Sculley as "inspiring" Sculley's
distinctions between management styles. |
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As VP of Engineering at Denning
Mobile Robotics (NASDAQ:GARD) improved the robot's reliability 100-fold. |
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Was Corporate VP of Technology at
Computervision, a Fortune 500 and world's largest CAD/CAM company. |
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Presided over a venture, Unidata
Systems, that went from his kitchen table to NASDAQ National
Listing
in 4 years. |
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Was president/founder of Exxon Enterprises'
venture, Verbex, in 9/81 IEEE Spectrum was #1 in speech recognition. |
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As a Staff Mathematician at Sanders
Associates, led the programming of a massively parallel top secret computer. |
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Began as a Research Engineer at MIT's
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics in G&N in the Apollo era. |
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A
2016 biographical interview
(30 min.) by Glenn O'Kray, Chairman of Dearborn (Michigan) Historical Commission. |
Contact:
Email: jim at globatech.com
Cell: 646 763 7501 Home/office: 313 271 2900
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