Jim Collis

Bio

Mr. Collis is a founding partner of Seaport. Mr. Collis has an active role in setting the Firms' investment strategy and process, including sourcing, negotiating and working with Seaport's portfolio companies. Prior to co-founding Seaport, Mr. Collis was a Principal of Chase Capital, the equity-investing arm of The Chase Manhattan Bank. In that position, Mr. Collis completed several investments in the wireless communications and chemical industries. Mr. Collis has worked closely with Mr. Luby since 1991, first as an Associate and later as a Vice President in the Merchant Banking Group at Chase. Prior to joining Chase, Mr. Collis was a senior project engineer at National TeleConsultants specializing in the design of the electronic systems for video and audio production facilities used in the broadcast television, radio and cable television industries. Mr. Collis holds an MBA from the Columbia Business School and a BSEE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.