James is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Tomo, an integrated intellectual capital merchant banc providing valuation, asset and risk management, corporate finance and expert services. He is an internationally recognized leader in the field of intellectual capital equity management as well as a noted expert in business valuation and intellectual property strategy. James is a current and prior Director of numerous corporate entities, both public and private. He is a Trustee for the National Inventors Hall of Fame, a Director of the International Intellectual Property Institute and a member of the President's Council for the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. James is a Past President of The Licensing Executives Society and a former Resident Advisor for the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Information Agency on matters relating to intellectual capital. On more than twenty occasions, he has served as an expert in federal court on questions relating to intellectual property economics.