Jim DuBois is a Venture Partner in the Technology Practice of RIDGE-LANE LP.

Jim DuBois recently served as Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Microsoft Corporation, where he was responsible for the company's global security, infrastructure, IT messaging, and business applications. Prior to this role, Mr. DuBois spent 20 years with Microsoft and has held several key positions, including; General Manager of IT and Vice President of Microsoft Products and Services IT.

Since joining Microsoft in 1993, he served various other roles in Microsoft including leading IT teams for application development, infrastructure and service management and as Microsoft's Chief Information Security Officer. Before joining Microsoft, Mr. DuBois worked for Accenture, focusing on financial and distribution systems.

Mr. DuBois currently serves as a Member of the Advisory Board at nFüsz, Inc, and has been serving an Advisor of Corent Technology, Inc., and a Venture Advisor at Ignition Partners. In 2017, Mr. DuBois authored his own book that gives 100 practical lessons on thriving in a fast-paced tech world of digital transformation and effective use of technology to drive business value.

Mr DuBois received his degrees in computer science and business (accounting) from the University of Washington.