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Jim Adler

Investor

Managing Director at Toyota Ventures

Los Altos, California

Writes $100K – $10M checks Β· typically $1M

About

Jim Adler is Founder and General Partner at Toyota Ventures. Previously, he founded VoteHere, a cryptographic voting technology company that raised over $25 million from investors including Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, and Entrust, and served as Vice President of Data Systems and Chief Privacy Officer at Intelius following its acquisition of VoteHere's identity theft business. He also led products and marketing at Microsoft following its acquisition of Metanautix, a big data analytics startup, and has advised the Department of Homeland Security on data privacy and integrity matters.

Experience

  1. Toyota VenturesFounder & General Partnercurrent2017 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Joby AviationBoard Observercurrent2021 β€” present
  3. Joby AviationInvestorcurrent2017 β€” present
  4. MoodifyBoard Membercurrent2022 β€” presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  5. Intuition RoboticsBoard Membercurrent2020 β€” present
  6. SLAMcore LimitedBoard Membercurrent2019 β€” present
  7. Toyota Research InstituteExecutive Advisorcurrent2018 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. Toyota Research InstituteVice President2017 β€” 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Toyota Research InstituteDirector, Data & Business Development2016 β€” 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  10. RevelBoard Member2020 β€” 2026
  11. JetBlue VenturesInvestment Committee Member2018 β€” 2023
  12. Toyota Financial Savings BankBoard Member2019 β€” 2021Henderson, Nevada
  13. US Department of Homeland SecurityData Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee2013 β€” 2020Washington D.C. Metro Area
  14. MicrosoftPrincipal Program Manager, Azure Data2016San Francisco Bay Area
  15. Metanautix (acquired by Microsoft)Vice President, Products/Marketing & Chief Privacy Officer2013 β€” 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  16. InteliusVice President, Data Systems & Chief Privacy Officer2008 β€” 2013Greater Seattle Area
  17. Identity.netPresident & CTO2007 β€” 2008Greater Seattle Area
  18. VoteHereFounder & CEO1998 β€” 2007Greater Seattle Area
  19. Lockheed MartinSenior Rocket Engineer1987 β€” 1993Greater San Diego Area

Education

  1. University of FloridaBachelor of Science with High Honors, Electrical Engineering
  2. UC San DiegoMaster of Science, Computer Science and Engineering

Skills & more

Start-ups99Big Data99Security80Entrepreneurship66Data Privacy64E-commerce52Technical Leadership50Product Development35Cloud Computing27Software Development20Strategic Partnerships20Executive Management18
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