James Goulka

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.

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

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