Jim Minyard

Sales and Marketing Executive - Independent

Jim Minyard has a long history of success in developing and managing sales and marketing channels in the high-tech industry as well as founding or co-founding a number of start-up companies which moved from inception through successful IPO's or sale.

Mr. Minyard holds an engineering degree (BSME) from Texas A&M University with postgraduate studies in math & physics and began his career as a Distribution Marketing Manager for Texas Instruments.

Following a move to California he served as VP Marketing for a large regional TI distributor and later acquired and became president of a leading Southern California Manufacturers Rep company. During this time he was President of the Electronics Representatives Association (SoCal) and Chairman of WESCON, a large electronics trade show organization.

Mr. Minyard also founded CompuScan, a system integrator for barcode data collection systems. He later served as president of M.G. Electronics that was later merged with Haskel Electronics and the combined entity launched a successful IPO.

Another start-up was RiverOne which was a B2B e-commerce exchange where the company raised $50 million of VC funding, built and staffed the company and effected a merger with i2 Technologies.

Currently Mr. Minyard serves as Director of the Arts of Collin County as appointed by the Frisco City Council to build a multi-city performing arts center. His wife, Sue de Mille Minyard, is active in philanthropy with much of her efforts directed to Texas Health Resources Presbyterian in Plano where she built the Women's Diagnostic Center as well as the Pediatric Center in addition and other projects.