Jim Vance

About Jim Vance

Jim Vance is with the IC2 Institute of The University of Texas at Austin and Managing Director of the Innovation & Business Acceleration Center (IBAC) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. IBAC is an initiative of the Government of West Bengal to solve some of their challenges through global competitiveness. The IC2 Institute is one of the world’s premiere centers for innovation strategy and technology commercialization. Jim is an expert in large-scale technology assessment and commercialization systems, and teaching inventors how to successfully launch their innovation. Prior to joining the IC2 Institute, Jim was services marketing and resolution manager for Dell to North America, Europe and South Asia. Jim garnered repeated awards for his contributions toward marketing and sales readiness of new corporate and government enterprise services. Jim went on a worldwide tour to implement a program he designed that significantly elevated Dell\'s declining customer experience. Earlier in his career, Jim served as a U.S. Army Captain and Commander of armored tank units. He and 20 other officers were selected to The Army Training Board to create and implement the Army’s new training system. Jim’s educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in International Business from the University of Hawaii and a MBA from The University of Texas at Austin. Jim grew up on Kaupakulua Fruit Farm on the slopes of Mount Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii harvesting his father’s prized lychee fruit from China.Specialties: Establish technology incubation centers for start-ups and export promotion programs for existing enterprises, and Develop commercialization strategies for technology innovations. Marketing, sales & technician training of early to late stage products and intangibles such as services.

Experience

1. Managing Director, Innovation & Business Acceleration Center of West Bengal

   Ic2 Institute

   Sep 2018 — Present · Kolkata, IN

Education

• MBA, Graduate School of Business, University of Texas at Austin

  MBA, Marketing, Finance

  1984 — 1986

• University of Hawai‘i - Shidler College of Business

  BBA, International Business

  1972 — 1977

• The University of Texas at Austin

  MBA, Marketing and Finance

  1985 — 1987

• U.S. Army Armor Officer Advance Course

  Leadership, Management, Communications

  1981 — 1981

• Aiea High School

  High School Diploma, College Prep

  1968 — 1972

Skills

• Business Development
• Negotiation
• Marketing Management
• Management
• Sales Operations
• Commercialization
• Team Management
• Customer Service
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Strategy
• Cloud Computing
• Budgets
• Leadership
• Executive Management
• Solution Selling
• Business Planning
• Human Resources
• Strategic Partnerships
• Training
• New Business Development
• Government
• Sales Management
• Product Management
• Research
• Saas
• International Business
• Marketing
• Team Leadership
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Fundraising
• Marketing Strategy
• Project Management
• Business Strategy
• Military
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Venture Capital
• Marketing Communications
• Service Delivery