James Watson

joined CMEA Ventures as Managing Director in 2001, and is on the Board of Directors of Apriso, the world's premier provider of plant and warehouse automation solutions for the industrial sector. Prior to joining CMEA, he was consultant to several professional services firms and venture capital partnerships in the areas of strategic planning and partnering, board development, and supply chain management. Watson was also one of the Founders of Monterey Bay Partners.

Prior to that, he founded Skyway Systems. His tenure with Skyway included company President and leader behind the supply chain strategy that twice landed Skyway on the Inc. Magazine list of fastest growing U.S. companies in the 1980's. Prior to Skyway, Watson was with IBM's large computer systems division where he worked with several large companies. Watson graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland and served five years as a Navy pilot from 1969 to 1974.