James M. Phillips
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Who is James M. Phillips?
James M. Phillips is an American businessman who is Chairman and CEO of NanoMech Inc., a global, leading manufacturer of nano-coatings and nano-lubricants. Prior to that, Phillips served as founding Chairman and CEO of the Luminetx Corporation, a bioscience technology company. He also serves as CEO of Snowflake Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Luminetx.
Phillips’ career began when he was asked to do research for his master’s thesis on an emerging company, Telecommunications System of America. TSA sold to Northern Telecom and Phillips stayed on, moving rapidly through the ranks to vice president. After Nortel, he was named president of National Satellite Paging, changed the company name to SkyTel, and created the nation’s largest messaging company.
Following SkyTel, Phillips moved to Telular Corporation, selling a portion to Motorola when Telular went public. He remained with Motorola and participated in launching digital cellular and multimedia, bringing the cable modem to the market.
Phillips went on to become Chairman & CEO of Interactive Pictures Corp., a company that created the first virtual tours by using 360° navigable images. Eventually, he left IPIX to help build the FedEx Institute of Technology, becoming CEO and Chairman of the entity on the University of Memphis campus.
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- Also known as
- James Phillips
- Employment
- Nortel Networks
- Died
- Apr 27, 2024
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on July 23, 2013
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