Jim Brisimitzis

General Manager for US Startups at Microsoft, and was formerly the Director of Operations for Microsoft Ventures. Jim led the Microsoft efforts with Microsoft Modular Datacenters which are shipping container sized modular data center appliances. In addition to spending more than a decade at Microsoft, Jim successfully founded a startup within the corporation (and raised >$1 million for the project) while growing a team of specialists to facilitate corporate engagement with startups in key markets across the US.