Jim Flowers: Biography

As a senior executive and consultant, Jim helped to build (and sell) a number of successful enterprises. Under his direction, small businesses have cultivated and consummated significant contracts with companies like Ford, Alcoa, Texaco, General Dynamics, McDonnell (now Boeing) Aircraft, and Goodyear. And he was part of the top management teams of companies that were grown and sold to Citicorp, Orbital Sciences, Altair Engineering, and MSC Software.

He served two companies as President, both university technology spin-outs, one from the University of Texas at Austin, and the other from Washington University in St. Louis. Both were acquired by major software companies. As a CFO he successfully managed the financial and administrative affairs of a fast-growing company as it jumped from 30 employees to 300.

Jim understands growing businesses, including the challenging dynamics of bringing fresh ideas, good people, complementary organizations, and capital together to make good things happen.