Jim Ousley
Currently the Sr Operations Partner at CVC Capital Partner’s Growth Fund, joining CVC in 2014. Jim has more than 40 years of global technology experience in hardware and software platforms, software and managed services, and communications. Until 2013, Jim was the Chairman & CEO of Savvis where he successfully lead the restructuring of the company into one of the leading global hosting/cloud services companies. Upon the successful acquisition by Centurylink, Inc. he became President of CenturyLink’s Enterprise Markets Group and CEO of the Savvis/CTL Data Services Group. During his career, he has held leadership positions at several global technology companies including Founder & CEO of Vytek Wireless, CEO of Syntegra USA (a BT business unit), Chairman & CEO of Control Data Systems and President of Products at Ceridian/Control Data Corp. Jim has helped form and direct numerous IT product and service companies, joint ventures, restructurings, spinouts, recapitalizations and IPO’s in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Jim is currently Chairman of the Board of Chayora, Inc. a China Data Center development company, Identive, Inc, a security software firm and Omada, a security identify governance company, and Global Cloud Xchange, a global network infrastructure company. Some of his past board of director roles include Chairman of Pacnet Communications, BellMicro Products, Inc., Actividenty, Inc., and DataLink and previous board roles at Peak 10, Integra, CalAmp, Icelero, Control Data Systems, Norstan, Memorex/Telex, Magnetic Peripherals Inc. Jim is a graduate of the University of Nebraska