Jim Odom

Founder, President, and Chief Strategy Officer / PreSonus

Mr. Odom is a successful entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in creating successful companies and growing businesses. His current company, PreSonus, Inc. is a worldwide leader in digital electronics for media production with offices in the US, China, and Europe. PreSonus, Inc. has been listed in Inc 5000’s Fasting Growing Companies in America for several years. PreSonus is now a global brand with sales channels in over 60 countries and $58MM+ in annual revenue.

PreSonus Holdings span several continents and industries including: Nimbit.com – a direct-to-fan management platform. Notion Music – an iOS and Mac musical notation and composition application that has been in the top ten music apps on the Apple App Store for the past two years. He is a director of PreSonus USA, PreSonus Hong Kong, PreSonus Europe in Dublin, and PreSonus Software in Hamburg. He also serves as Director for several middle market companies.

He is a member of AES, NAMM, NARAS, IEEE and other industry associations. Mr. Odom holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Louisiana State University, and Private Equity/Investment Banking training from The Investment Banking Institute, New York, as well as undergraduate studies at Berklee College of Music and Loyola University. He was awarded Innovator of the Year by the Louisiana Partnership for Technology and Innovation, Top 40 Under 40 by the Baton Rouge Business Report, Top 100 Fastest Growing Alumni Companies, LSU 2011, 2012, and was awarded Gold and Platinum Sales Awards for various music and film projects.