Jim Huston is a Managing Director with Blueprint Ventures, a technology venture capital firm which specializes in early stage corporate IP spinouts.  Jim brings more than 20 years of technology industry experience, having worked and invested in early state technology companies throughout the world since, 1995.  Jim has extensive experience with early stage corporate IP spin outs from both the corporate and venture capital perspectives.

 Previously, Jim served in numerous positions within Intel Capital, the world’s largest technology venture organization.  From 2002 – 2004, Jim served as the Director of Strategic IP and let Intel’s IP Acquisition Fund which acquired patents and other IP for growing new businesses at Intel.  From 1995 – 2001, Jim was Director of Strategic Investments for Intel Capital where he let Intel’s investment in 17 companies and managed 5 investment professionals who did more than 60 investments during this time.  He was directly responsible for one on Intel’s earliest successful spinouts – RadiSys.  He also led 9 acquisitions for and served as Intel’s appointed Board Observer for 7 Intel Capital portfolio companies.  Prior to joining Intel Capital in 1995 he held various marketing and general management positions in Intel’s OEM PC Division, Network Products Division, and Development Systems Operations.

 Jim currently serves as an adjunct professor at Portland State University’s School of Business Administration, and as an adjunct professor Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.  He is also on the Board of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum, on the Advisory Board for the Portland State Center for Emerging Technology, and on the Advisory Board for Oregon Public Broadcasting.

 Jim holds a MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology.