James Barksdale

James L.
Barksdale currently works at Barksdale Management Corp., as Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer from 1999, Mayo Clinic, as Trustee-Emeritus, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education & Research, as Trustee from 2010 to 2014, and In-Q-Tel, Inc., as Trustee.
Mr. Barksdale also formerly worked at New Aurora Corp., as President & Chief Executive Officer from 1995 to 1999, New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc., as President & Chief Executive Officer from 1992 to 1994, Spread Networks LLC, as Co-Chairman, The Mayo Clinic (Old), as Chairman from 2001 to 2011, Historic AOL LLC, as Director from 1999 to 2001, Sun Microsystems, Inc., as Director from 1999 to 2010, FedEx Corp., as Independent Director from 2011 to 2018, Time Warner, Inc., as Independent Director from 2001 to 2017, Federal Express Corp., as Chief Operating Officer, Director & Executive VP from 1983 to 1991, Revolution Health Group LLC, as Director, America's Promise Alliance, as Director, Mississippi Development Authority (Mississippi), as Executive Director in 2012, America Online, Inc., as Director in 2001, McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc., as President & Chief Operating Officer from 1992 to 1994, Barksdale Group LLC, as General Partner from 1999 to 2013, General Atlantic Partners LLC, as Special Advisor, and Cook Industries, Inc., as Chief Information Officer from 1972 to 1979.
Mr. Barksdale received his undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi.