James Simons

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Biography

Mr. James Simons is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at Split Rock Partners. He serves as Lead Independent Director at QuinStreet. He is a Board Member at Nexxo Financial and Blu Kai. He served as Board Member at Vormetric. He also serves as a Board Observer at Intacct. He served as Board Member at InsideView. He focuses on software and Internet services companies. Prior to founding Split Rock Partners, he served as a General Partner of St. Paul Venture Capital, which he joined in 1996 and focused on early-stage investing in software and services opportunities. Before joining St. Paul Venture Capital, He was a partner at Marquette Venture Partners, where he was responsible for investments in a variety of industries. He began his career in the investment banking group at Trammell Crow Company and in the corporate finance department at First Boston Corporation. He received a BA in economics and history from Stanford University and an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He is the Board Member at VoloMetrix & TruSignal. Previously, he served as Board Member at Guardian Analytics.