James Kosta
Founding Partner at Global Asset Protection
Land O' Lakes, Florida
Overview
Work Experience
Consulting Investment Advisor
2016 - Current
Advising role for independent strategic investor created to bridge the gap between the technology needs of the U.S. Intelligence Community and emerging commercial innovation. IQT identifies, adapts, and delivers innovative technology solutions from venture-backed startups to support the missions of the Central Intelligence Agency and the broader U.S. Intelligence Community.
IQT identifies and partners with companies developing cutting-edge technologies to help deliver solutions.
Limited Partner and Operating Partner
2014
Responsible for providing portfolio companies with mentoring, resources and corporate development assistance. Also locate potential investment opportunities and perform due diligence.
Signia Venture Partners is an early stage fund helping passionate entrepreneurs build impactful world-changing companies.
Senior Independent Advisor
2015
Have assisted in the location of several education and health-oriented innovators around the world in need of capital. Assisted in due diligence, negotiations and ongoing operations after the fact.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports initiatives in education, world health and population, and community giving.
Founding Partner & President
2014
Still in stealth mode publicly, but you've touched our products through our 16 Fortune 100 clients.
Founding Partner
2013
A security firm focused on foreign and domestic government agencies, executives and Fortune 500 firms. Protecting consumer and IP data while securing global communication infrastructure against attack. We also provide physical security for construction and peacekeeping purposes.
Vice President, Game Platform Engineering & Comcast Labs Silicon Valley
2021 - 2023
Comcast is a global media and technology company.
Sr. ML/AI/Blockchain/Drone/Robotics Engineering Consultant
2016 - 2021
* Designing new high-performance computing center utilizing CPU, GPU and FPGA clusters to process massive amounts of signal and behavioral intelligence into actionable metrics. * Designing custom IoT and high-speed signal-processing circuits to increase speed of Hadoop/Cloudera-based data analysis. * Architected both ETH-based and unique blockchain-based cryptocurrencies with various proof-of-stake/proof-of-work concepts. * AI piloted drones and swarming technology. * AI at the edge, combined with ML on remote server farms for crowd analysis, posture and object recognition and real-time 3D mapping/surveys.
Consulting Investment Advisor
2012 - 2018
Provide analysis on Video Games and Gambling industries.
Director/Board Member and Corporate Development
2014 - 2018
Assisted the CEO and executive staff in finding a suitable buyer for the company. Negotiated exclusively on behalf of the company and its shareholders and successfully completed the transaction.
Idle Games® offers Idle Engine, a distributed simulation platform designed to provide an unshared game world with social game mechanics.
Raised $14,101,917.00 from Trevor Wright.
Advisor to the Board
2015 - 2017
Oregon-based software company focused on tours and activities in the online travel space.