James Ionson, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Founder successful management consulting firm specializing in advanced technology ventures development, commercialization, business process re-engineering and other innovative corporate development projects in public and private sector organizations worldwide. Most recent engagements are with Cognipresence, a software company commercializing breakthrough real-time telepresence technology, serving as the CEO and CTO; Tamaggo, a 360 degree consumer imaging company, serving as Chairman of the Advisory Board; and Hybridyne Imaging Technologies, a company commercializing a breakthrough imaging technology for the early detection of prostate cancer, serving as Chief Operating Officer.• Founded and directed successful management consulting firm specializing in computer technology development, commercialization, business process reengineering and other corporate development projects in public and private sector organizations worldwide. Completed more than 40 engagements. Retained by Taiwan’s Ministry of Science to facilitate development of their space, telecommunication and microelectronic technology acquisition and transfer program. Managed project with top technology and government leaders in Taiwan and the United States.• Director and leader of Anubis Corporation’s $5 million private placement, $10 million IPO and subsequent merger with larger, more established software company (CESoftware Inc.)• Director and Defense technology advisor to DataSec Corporation, a privately held tempest computer company.• Guided product development and new business initiatives for five corporations, ten universities and three national laboratories (e.g., TRW, Westinghouse, Los Alamos, JPL, Livermore, Cal Tech, Kodak, Polaroid and others)• Technology transfer advisor for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Omnitivity Health Systems is a software/e-commerce company spearheading innovative telepresence solutions with an an initial emphasis in the medical sector. www.omnitivityhealthsystems.com

Legato 4K is a privately held technology investment fund founded by well known intellectual property attorney Rod Cooper. The Fund invests at the Seed Capital phase in companies that offer breakthrough technology innovations in multiple business sectors. The Fund is particularly interested in companies with a strong patent portfolio. As CTO, Ionson vets all potential investments with regard to their intellectual property, business potential and operational viability with particular emphasis on the management teams ability to reduce intellectual property to practice and execute successful commercial penetration.

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An innovative imaging company spearheading 360 degree fully immersive video for the consumer and business markets.

CEO Total-Security-Solutions company acquiring an interest in award winning Grandeye Ltd. (Chairman) with worldwide rights to Grandeye’s Halocam 360 imaging technology and products for security applications in the commercial, Government and liability markets.

Recruited by Battelle Venture Partners as a “Scale-Up” CEO to bring the Company’s intelligent, video technology to the security, teleoperations and video collaboration markets. • Successful penetration into military and Government markets by teaming with major systems integrators.• Increased FY2007 revenues by five times over FY2006.

Recruited as a “Scale-Up” CEO to identify and develop products for the company’s “Ion Beam Deposition Technology”, re-structure operations to increase shareholder value and raise private equity. • Established joint ventures and strategic investor partnerships in Korea.• Reduced operating expenses and increased sales by focusing product development and leveraging strategic relations with systems manufacturers and end-users.• Raised over $ 5 Million in equity capital from strategic partners and private investors.

Recruited as the interim President charged with developing and executing a sales and marketing strategy for the Company’s digital color management hardware and software products.• Successfully consolidated operations of three corporate acquisitions and established positive strategic relationships with the Swiss parent company, Datacolor International.• Successfully acquired rights to ColorMatch.com products and technology – valued at over $10 Million.• Successfully increased sales from less than $1 Million per year to over $5 Million per year by establishing OEM relationships with major monitor manufactures in Asia and penetrating major consumer distribution channels such as Ingram Micro and Tech Data.

Founded, operated and successfully sold EZPrints.com, a venture backed start-up specializing in transparent, one-step internet digital imaging consumer products for the home and leisure markets.• Raised over $5 Million in venture capital, created and executed strategic, operational and liquidation plan

El Segundo, California, Us

Recruited by the German parent Company as interim COO charged with incorporating digital imaging technology into the company’s endoscopy product line and streamlining the fiber optic manufacturing line. Over $150 Million in Sales.. • Full P&L responsibility for privately held European company started 50 years ago which has become the worldwide market leader in endoscopy imaging products for all medical and industrial sectors. ISO certified manufacturing facility for fiber optic imaging bundles and peripheral imaging components supporting the company’s endoscopy product line. 

Recruited as the Company’s first outside officer to plan/direct a comprehensive business process redesign of Polaroid’s digital imaging business initiatives. Over $200 Million in Sales.• Successfully led a massive corporate culture change, restructured product development teams into small entrepreneurial P&L based business units, resulting in a transition from a technology-driven to business process-driven organization• Product mix included conventional and electronic cameras, scanners, high and low-end printers, silver/ non-silver media/film, semiconductor and microelectronic components (ASICS, CCD’s, GaAs diode lasers and fiber optics) and image processing software. Collateral P&L responsibility for Asian and Middle East PhotoDocumentation and Identification (ID) Card Business Development initiatives.• Successfully delivered Polaroid’s color management software, photodocumentation/ID systems, flatbed scanner, transparency scanner, print scanner, negative scanner, electronic still camera, digital and video printers, medical and graphic arts laser printers.• Successfully developed an OEM market for Polaroid’s semiconductor line of linear and area CCD’s, GaAs diode lasers and ASIC color imaging microsystems.• Collateral responsibility for Polaroid’s international efforts in photodocumentation and identification business development initiatives • Captured a 30% reduction in cost and time to develop and launch products by creating successful international joint ventures in marketing, distribution, R&D and overseas high-volume manufacturing of imaging components and systems.

Washington, Dc, Us

Founded and managed a new advanced technology organization within the Department of Defense charged with incorporating advanced materials, information networks, digital image processing, sensor, superconductor, optical computing, propellant, laser, power, communications, navigation an surveillance technologies into missile defense systems. • Appointed to the Senior Executive Service by the Secretary of Defense responsible for engineering operations and technology development for the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. Challenged to create the organization, recruit the operations and technical talent and establish operational processes required to acquire and incorporate in-house and extramural science & technology advances into highly sophisticated defense systems. Led a widely dispersed organization with a workforce of over 5000, and managed a budget in excess of $1 billion. Highly visible and prominent Government career profiled on television/radio and in Business Week, Fortune, Science Digest, Space World, Scientific American, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, The New York Times and more than 30 other international publications.• Administered science and technology programs with 200 companies and 60 universities worldwide.• Successfully incorporated advanced materials, image processing, sensor, power, superconductor, optical computing, propellant, laser, communications, navigation and surveillance technologies into ballistic missile defense systems. • Represented the Organization to Congress, the Executive Branch, NATO and the general public.• Negotiated sophisticated technology transfer agreements with the private sector and influenced successful commercialization of over 50 new technologies.• Won several prestigious awards including 1988 “Outstanding Performance Award”, 1988 “Mission of the Year Award” and 1987 “Federal Government Top Manager Under Forty Award”.

Joint appointment with NASA and the University of Maryland charged with researching theoretical astrophysical concepts and experiments and teaching advanced graduate courses in physics.• Outstanding Scientist of the Year, Maryland Academy of Sciences; Winner of the Harvard Smithsonian Observatory Award; Winner Scientific Distinction Award from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research.• Taught over 25 undergraduate and graduate courses in physics and engineering technology.• Supervised research for 3 Ph.D. recipients and 6 NRC Postdoctoral Fellows.

Ph.D., Theoretical Plasma Astrophysics

M.S.E, Aerospace Engineering

M.S., Physics

B.S., Math, Physics And Astronomy