James I. Cash, PhD

Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus

Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus; Former Board Director of companies including Walmart, Microsoft, Chubb and GE

Dr. Cash served on the Boards of fifteen Fortune 100 companies, including Walmart, Microsoft, Chubb, General Electric, Sprint, Scientific Atlanta, and State Street Corp. He has served as an investor and on the boards of over thirty early-stage enterprise software companies including Veracode and Phase Forward. He is currently serving on the boards of AURA, WELL and The Boston Celtics, and serves as an advisor to General Catalyst Partners and Grain Management. Under the umbrella of The Cash Catalyst LLC, Dr. Cash runs personal development programs for executives and board members of Global 500 organizations interested in the intersection of information technology and corporate strategy. Dr. Cash retired from HBS in 2003 after 27 years on the faculty, the school dedicated a building with his name in 2020. He graduated from Texas Christian University (TCU) with a B.S. in Mathematics, while being named an Academic All-American in basketball. The school retired his number in 2011 and unveiled his statue in 2022. Later he received a Master of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University’s Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences; and a Doctor of Philosophy in Management Information Systems (MIS) and Accounting from Purdue University’s Krannert Graduate School of Management.

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