James Goulka
President & CEO of Arizona Venture Development Corporation
Greater Phoenix Area
Overview
Work Experience
President & CEO
2024 - Current
Chief Executive of SSBCI-funded $87 million venture capital fund that invests in Series A and Series B securities in Arizona startup and early growth companies.
Arizona Venture Development Corp provides equity capital for small and underserved businesses.
CEO & President
2005
Provider of advice and counsel to investors and executives in early stage companies.
Chairman Emeritus
2023 - 2024
Chairman & Managing Director
2010 - 2022
The largest Phoenix-based angel group comprised of about 100 men and women who invest their own capital in startups in IT, life sciences, and capital efficient green tech. The group has invested in more than 90 companies in Arizona and beyond.
Board Member
2018 - 2020
The Angel Capital Association is a professional and trade association supporting the success of angel investors.
CEO & Founder
2006 - 2015
Provider of enterprise scale, customizable on-the-fly, reporting tools to manage multiple disparate projects.
CEO
2004 - 2005
Federally funded entity that helps transfer technologies from all 10 NASA laboratories and parts of the Department of Defense into the private sector.
CEO & President
2002 - 2004
Non-profit foundation responsible for Frank Lloyd Wright’s most important works, Taliesin (Wisconsin) and Taliesin West (Arizona), as well as the accredited Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, the largest collection of artwork by a single artist in the world, an operating farm, and retail, tourism, licensing, and residential programs.
CEO
2000 - 2001
Internet platform to provide integrated content and auction functionality for residential and commercial real estate.
CEO
1998 - 1999
Provider of software to schools and adults for managing children's access to the internet. Sold to Apple.
COO
1996 - 1998
Implemented transformation from book to digital publisher.
CFO
1995 - 1996