Jim Bennethum

Biography

Jim Bennethum brings a diverse background of proven global operational and business development experience. Jim has led several successful global businesses; leveraging high impact multinational leadership teams, with full P&L responsibility. In the past several years Jim has been responsible for $3 Billion in annual revenue which included the operations of core businesses while building a profitable backlog through world class execution, innovative product offerings and winning customer relationships. Jim is experienced in complex business operations, joint ventures, emerging market development and restructuring activities in all major regions of the world. Jim has demonstrated success in both the private and public sectors with proven capabilities deploying entrepreneurialism side by side with complex process disciplines. With over 28 years of automotive systems development and manufacturing experience, he has recently made an emerging impact in the Health Care / Pharma industry. In addition to serving as a Board Member for the Karmanos Cancer Institute in South East Michigan, Jim is an Executive Vice President at Becker Ventures, LLC and a Director at Velicept Therapeutics. Jim’s past experience includes key positions in leading automotive companies (including Johnson Controls, Becker Group and Textron), most recently completing over 20 years in senior leadership roles at Johnson Controls, Inc.. Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and industrial leader serving customers in more than 150 countries, with over 162,000 employees. Jim earned a BS in Technology Management from Eastern Michigan University, and resides in Michigan with his wife Jennifer and their four children.

Research Interest

Cancer, medical