Bio

Jim Liang is an Operating Partner at Updata and has more than 40 years in the technology and software industries. He was Senior Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development at Amdocs, where he led all corporate strategic planning and acquisition activities. Before that Jim was VP, Strategy, Global Technology Services (GTS), IBM’s $30 billion revenue technology services division, leading initiatives to drive global growth. Prior to his roles as an operator, Jim had a distinguished investment banking career, culminating with his role as Head of Global Technology Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley, advising the world’s best known technology companies on transactions with more than $45 billion in aggregate value. Jim holds a Sc.B. in Applied Mathematics/Economics from Brown University as well as a M.B.A in Finance/Marketing from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.