James Bartlett

With the exception of a five-year period in the early 1980’s when he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Acme Cleveland Corporation (NYSE), Mr. Bartlett’s career has mainly been in entrepreneurial finance and venture capital. In 1984 he helped found Primus Venture Partners, a Cleveland-based venture capital firm, and subsequently served as one of the firm’s Managing Partners for twenty years and continues as an investor in and advisor to Primus. He also served on the Small Business Advisory Council of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank and more than two dozen boards of directors, including four NYSE companies.