Jim Hillier is the Chief Financial Officer at BitSight, where he oversees the company’s Global Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, Order Operations, Procurement, Revenue Operations, and Workplace Services Teams. With over 20 years of experience in the technology sector, Jim has held various finance leadership roles since 2013, following his tenure as an equity research analyst from 2000 to 2013. Before joining BitSight in 2020, Jim led Financial Planning & Analysis and Investor Relations at IPG Photonics, the global leader in fiber laser technology. From 2015 to 2017, he served as Vice President of Investor Relations at Demandware, an industry-leading provider of enterprise cloud commerce solutions, which was acquired by Salesforce for $3 billion in 2016. Between 2013 and 2015, Jim was Vice President of Investor Relations at PTC, a global provider of software for discrete manufacturers used to design, operate, and service complex products. Additionally, Jim was a member of the Board of Directors for NIRI Boston, a non-profit
organization of approximately 150 investor relations professionals in the Greater Boston area, serving as President from 2018 to 2019.
Earlier in his career, Jim spent 14 years as a sell-side equity research analyst, including 13 years at UBS, where he was a Director and Senior Analyst. At UBS, he specialized in the global technology industry, working as both a Technology Strategist and a Research Analyst covering the networking and communications equipment sectors. Jim holds a B.A. in Economics and English from the University of Pennsylvania.