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James G. Kollegger
CEO, Genesys Partners

James G. Kollegger is one of the pioneers of the information industry: founder of EIC/Intelligence, Inc., one of the earliest earliest electronic database publishing companies; venture capitalist and CEO of Genesys Partners, Inc.; an industry leader who has worked with groups such as the Information Industry Association, who named him their first "Entrepreneur of the Year" in 1987.
Mr. Kollegger was founder and CEO of EIC/Intelligence, Inc., one of the industry's first electronic database companies, which he sold to Reed-Elsevier Ltd. in 1988. EIC tracked new technologies from laboratory to marketplace for large corporate, government and academic clients. Databases included artificial intelligence, biotechnology, CAD/CAM, environment, energy, robotics, and telecommunications.
Mr. Kollegger was instrumental in the growth of IIA - the Information Industry Assn., a trade group of 600+ members, including Dow Jones, D&B, AT&T and IBM, serving the emerging electronic information marketplace. He also served on the board of directors for six years and was founding chairman of the Public Policy Council. IIA recently merged with the Software Publishers Assn. to form SIIA, the most powerful information trade group in the U.S.
Mr. Kollegger served in the Strategic Communications Command during the Vietnam War as Operations Officer, Northwest Major Relay Station, and as Command Information Officer. He held the rank of Captain, with top-secret clearance, and was awarded the Army Commendation medal.
Mr. Kollegger was a member of the American Management Assn.'s Information Technology Council, a group of Chief Information Officers from Fortune 500 corporations (1985-93), helped select the head of the U.S. National Archives during the Carter era, and served on the Advisory Council of the U.S. Government Printing Office during the Reagan years.
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