Jim Bell is chief marketing officer at Torch, responsible for all aspects of Torch’s marketing function. Prior to Torch, Jim led marketing and business development as CMO at Glint. Prior to Glint Jim led global marketing and alliances as CMO at Jaspersoft, leading up to its acquisition by TIBCO Software. Under Jim’s leadership, the Jaspersoft team won the prestigious SiriusDecisions ROI award in 2014 for excellence in sales and marketing integration. Prior to Jaspersoft, Jim led marketing for SmartTurn and Electric Cloud. Earlier in his career, Jim held product management and marketing leadership roles at companies including Vantive, MS2 (both now part of Oracle Corporation), Silicon Graphics and Hewlett-Packard.

Jim holds a BS degree in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.