COUNCIL TRUSTEES
Jim Daniell
Chief Operating Officer, Oxfam America
Jim Daniell became the COO of Oxfam America in 2009 where he oversees all of the agency's global staff and operations. Jim works closely with the President to translate their vision for a 21st century, networked non-governmental organization (NGO) into a reality. Together, they are recruiting and bulding an "Ox-family" where employees thrive as a team of passionate professionals committed to blazing a new trail in the field of international development focused on global poverty and injustice.
Jim Daniell has also been an active entrepreneur and strong supporter of high tech start-ups in the greater Boston Area for over two decades. He has served on numerous boards of both private and public companies, has raised over $100M for his own companies as well as managed M&A and investment transactions totaling over $1B. One of his long term business goals is to make Boston the nation's city to start, build, and maintain a high tech business.
Dr. Daniell has a broad entrepreneurial background having lead start-ups, ran divisions of large companies, and worked with both venture funds and angel investment groups. Prior to joining Oxfam, Jim was the CEO/President of several technology firms ranging from semiconductor based fuel cells, loyalty marketing programs, supply chain management, and distributed order management for direct marketers. He was formerly an executive at AT&T where he oversaw global business development, strategy for the then $18B business telecommunications division, and operations for the e-commerce and web-hosting business unit. He was also a co-founder of CommonAngels, Boston's most prominent angel investment group, and served as a board member for his angel investments in areas such as geonomic information systems, e-commerce companies, computer systems design, and complex scheduling systems.
Jim Daniell is presently a Trustee with the Mass Technology Leadership Council and the Museum of Science. His other non-profit experience includes oversight of the Episcopal Diocese of Boston. He holds a dual Bachelor of Science in Engineering with Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Connecticut as well as a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
