
Principal & Senior Consultant
Co-Leader of Go-To-Market Planning Practice
Co-Leader of Smart Utilities Practice
Co-Leader of Smart Cities Practice
San Francisco, CA
Tel: 888-445-5486
Email: jimz@512cmg.com
Prior to CMG, Jim was an Associate Partner at IBM Watson Connected Solutions focus on Digital Transformation and IoT; Industry Director at Oracle Utilities, VP at Current Group offering BPL and Utility Services for Metering, Distribution Automation, and IT Data Centers.; VP of sales at Kaspia Networks; Director of Marketing at Motorola Computer Group; Group Marketing Manager, SPARC Marketing Manager, and Strategic Alliances Manager at Sun Microsystems; Sales Manager at Memorex.
Jim has a wealth of experience building market development strategies, go-to-market plans, and product roadmaps while working with vendors and startups. Jim has equally tons of experience helping utilities and cities with their smart grid roadmap and smart city roadmap development strategies.
Expertise – Business & Market Development, Business Transformation, Organizational Change Management, Sales Management, Product Marketing and Product Management..
CMG Frameworks — Smart Grid Roadmap, Smart Grid Governance, Smart Cities Roadmap, Smart Cities Governance, and Go-To-Market Planning.
Jim received his BA in Liberal Arts from Colorado University – Boulder and an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business.