Jim joined SignalFire in 2022 and leads the Portfolio Success team, which enables the firm to discover the best founders through innovative marketing and sourcing, then partners to accelerate their success as they build and scale their companies.
Prior to joining SignalFire, he was CMO at Stripe, leading the rapid transformation and growth of the Marketing team. He was previously CMO and Head of Growth at New Relic, using a range of data-driven practices to drive developer adoption and enterprise customer scaling. He joined New Relic through the acquisition of Opsmatic, a SaaS infrastructure startup where he was the CEO and co-founder. Prior to Opsmatic, he was CEO of Payvment, a pioneering social commerce platform acquired by Intuit.
He has spent his career creating and scaling businesses at companies such as Apple, Yahoo, and numerous high-growth startups.
Stage focus
Sector Focus
The marketing hire startups often get wrong—and how to get it right
Generative AI tools for startup marketing: A practical guide
Modernizing VC marketing with a data-driven strategy
The Quarterly Sit-Down: How to run more efficient performance reviews
Designing free trials that close deals
How CMOs say AI is changing content, sales, and event marketing
