James K. Sims
Director of GBank Financial Holdings Inc.,
FinTech Committee Chair and Compensation Committee Member
James K. Sims is a seasoned operator, entrepreneur and investor with 30+ years of experience in building successful companies and creating shareholder value. He has served as Airgain, Inc.’s Chairman of the Board of Directors since November 2003 and previously served as their interim Chief Executive Officer from May 2018 to March 2019, and as their Executive Chairman from October 2018 to March 2019. Mr. Sims accomplishments as an investor and entrepreneur include: In 2012, Mr. Sims founded Silicon Valley Data Science, a “big data” solutions provider and technology firm. In 2005, Mr. Sims founded GEN3 Capital, a private equity fund to invest in technology-rich opportunities. Since 2005, through GEN3 Capital and other initiatives Mr. Sims was also instrumental in founding or expanding numerous start-up enterprises, including Airgain, Specialists On Call (telemedicine) and EPAY Systems (distributed labor time and management solution).
Mr. Sims also serves or has served on the Boards of public companies such as CTP, EDS and RSA Securities, and as Chairman of numerous private firms including GEN3 Partners, Silicon Valley Data Bank, Airgain, EPAY Systems, Specialists On Call, Thru, nScaled, Leveler, Black Light Power. Mr. Sims accomplishments as an operator include: In 1999, Mr. Sims founded GEN3 Partners to focus on the business of corporate innovation. Leveraging his expertise in consulting, intellectual property and extensive background in the venture community, Mr. Sims also launched several subsidiaries of GEN3 Partners based on technologies developed through its proprietary innovation methodology. Before GEN3, Mr. Sims founded Cambridge Technology Partners in 1991 and led the firm to $625 million in annual revenue, 4,500 employees and international prominence as a leading systems-integration company. CTP pioneered the fixed-price, fixed-time custom application development model for enterprise clients. CTP, then a publicly-traded company, was purchased by Novell, Inc. in 2001. Prior to CTP, Mr. Sims founded Concurrent Computer Corp. and as Chairman, President and CEO built CCC to $340 million in annual revenue and 3,500 employees. Concurrent Computer Corp. was the market leader in real-time information systems.