Jim Savage

Bio

Before co-founding Longworth, Jim Savage spent 20 years launching and building early stage, internet & digital media companies. As CEO of PlanetAll, Inc., one of the first social networking services, Jim directed the company from its first round of venture funding through to a successful acquisition by Amazon.com. Previously, Jim was a founding executive at ZDNet, a leading web media company, which enjoyed a successful IPO and was later acquired by CNET and CBS. Before ZDNet, Jim was an Executive Vice President at Thomson (formerly Prentice Hall), where he managed the online services of the tax publishing division. Jim started his career managing digital media initiatives at McGraw-Hill. Jim's investments and board activities include Constant Contact (NASDAQ: CTCT), Grab Networks, Softricity (acquired by Microsoft), Sermo, Moodlerooms and Utest. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) and Boston's Museum of Science. Jim graduated from Harvard University.