Jim Jordan
Managing Partner
Jim provides our clients with extensive financial experience in software, professional services, mergers and acquisitions, and IPOs. Jim has served as CFO for numerous venture funded companies including; Glasshouse Technologies, BIT9, Verrillon, EnernNOC and Ntru to name a few. Prior to co-founding Venture Advisors, Jim was CFO and Treasurer for ArsDigita Corporation, a venture capital-funded software company in the content and knowledge management space. ArsDigita successfully raised more than $42 million in funding and was eventually sold to Red Hat, Inc. Prior to joining ArsDigita, Jim served as Associate Vice President of International Finance for Cambridge Technology Partners, Inc., where he had financial responsibility for CTP’s international business of approximately $220 million in annual revenues. At CTP, Jim also served as Director of Business Development, where he was responsible for acquisition selection, analysis and integration. Previously, Jim spent four years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, providing tax, accounting and IPO services to numerous companies. Jim is a certified public accountant and is a graduate of Boston College.

Phil Lotane
Founder
Phil Lotane no longer works with Venture Advisors, LLC.. In 2005 Phil started Venture Advisors Legal, LLC an unaffiliated business (www.ventureadvisorslegal.com). Phil helps clients navigate their day-to-day legal issues and build the right foundation to avoid future complications. He has significant law firm and in-house legal experience, most recently as Corporate Counsel for ArsDigita Corporation, a venture-backed software company. At ArsDigita, Phil was responsible for drafting and negotiating all contracts with customers, strategic partners and vendors, including website development, hosting and partnership agreements. He also drafted the company’s open-source and proprietary licenses, prepared trademark applications, handled various employment matters, and managed litigation. Before joining ArsDigita, Phil practiced at Goodwin Procter in Boston, where he represented public and private companies in M&A and IPO transactions. He also assisted with the formation and closing of private equity funds in excess of $2 billion. Phil is the co-author of “Operating the LLC” in A Practical Guide to Massachusetts Limited Liability Companies (MCLE 2000, updated 2003). Prior to Goodwin Procter, Phil was a litigator and represented clients in state and federal courts, including the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Phil is a cum laude graduate of Northeastern University and Suffolk University Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Suffolk University Law Review. Dick presents to clients a seasoned financial executive with more than 20 years of financial, operations, treasury, and administrative management experience gained in the high-technology, Internet, services, manufacturing and consumer products industries. He has spent his professional career as a change manager, working in high growth or turnaround situations.

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