James (Jim) Kalyvas is a partner and transactional lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, where he advises companies, public entities, and associations on all matters involving the use of technology and data to support operations, growth, strategy, and business process improvements. Jim has extensive experience in structuring and negotiating technology and business process outsourcing transactions, Enterprise Resource Planning and revenue cycle initiatives, and unique business partnering relationships. As companies have moved from defensive to proactive positions on the use of data, he has been engaged in establishing business partner relationships that combine data with artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and advanced analytics tools to advance the understanding of customer needs and improve product and service performance outcomes.

Jim has incorporated his experience in handling billions of dollars of technology transactions into the development of several proprietary tools for the effective management of technology selection, negotiation, implementation, and management processes. He is a former member of Foley’s national Management Committee and was also the firm’s chief strategy officer (2008-2018). Currently, he is the founder and chair of the firm’s Technology Transactions, Cybersecurity, and Privacy Practice and chair of the Innovation Team.

Technology acquisition issues that Jim counsels clients on include vendor representations on system performance and integration, cloud computing, securing data and other electronic assets, Big Data and advanced analytics systems, the use of AI/ML within operations and business relationships, ownership issues relating to data and code, and other intellectual property rights. Having worked closely with business teams from some of the most respected companies in the world, Jim has developed unique insights into project management, project delivery, and pricing methodology best practices that are incorporated into every engagement.