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Jim has been a managing director of Kearny Venture Partners and its predecessor funds since January 2000. He focuses on investments in the Medical Device industry. Jim currently serves on the boards of directors of Baxano, CVRx, Hansen Medical [NASDAQ: HNSN], SpinalMotion, Tandem Diabetes Care (Observer), TranS1 [NASDAQ: TSON] and TriVascular. He is a co-founder of SpinalMotion. Jim has previously served on the boards of directors of companies including Appriva (acquired by eV3 [NASDAQ: EVVV]), Eyeonics (acquired by Bausch & Lomb), Fox Hollow Technologies (acquired by ev3 [NASDAQ: EVVV]), LuMend (acquired by Johnson and Johnson [NYSE: JNJ]), TriVascular (acquired by Boston Scientific [NYSE: BSX]) and X Technologies (acquired by Guidant [NYSE: BSX]). From 1984 to 1999, Jim led Alex. Brown's healthcare investment banking practice on the West Coast, providing financing and M&A advisory services to both emerging growth and established healthcare companies. During this time he develop
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