Jim Adler

Jim Adler is the founder and general partner of Toyota Ventures, responsible for setting the strategic direction and leading the firm’s investment activities. In addition to serving on the board of directors for Toyota Ventures, he also serves as an executive advisor at Toyota Research Institute (TRI). Most recently, Jim was vice president of data and business development at TRI. Previous roles include VP of products and marketing at Metanautix, a big data analytics startup acquired by Microsoft, and VP of data systems and chief privacy officer at Intelius. In addition, he founded VoteHere, a pioneer in cryptographic secure and secret online voting. Jim started his career as a rocket engineer for Lockheed Martin.