Jim Schwappach

Jim Schwappach has over 30 years of professional experience. Jim began their career in 1989 as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, where they were a certified Nuclear Engineer. In 1996, they joined KLA-Tencor as the Director of the Surfscan Business Unit, responsible for product positioning, pricing and strategy for a $200M/Yr business. In 2007, they moved to Autodesk as a Program Manager, developing the go-to-market strategy for the Electronic Software Delivery platform. In 2009, they joined salesforce.com as a Senior Director of Sales Planning & Operations, Program Manager, and CRM Sales Strategy. From 2018-2020, they worked at Copper as Vice President of Sales Operations and Senior Director of Sales Operations. In 2021, they joined PocketLab as VP of Sales and Marketing and an Advisor of Go-to-Market Strategy.

Jim Schwappach obtained a Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy in Naval Architecture and a Master of Business Administration from the Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business in Business/Marketing Management.