Before becoming an investor, Jim Hunt worked as a U.S. government scientist and later founded or helped build several companies, including BDS (which became part of BTG), Ernst & Young Technologies, and Cap Gemini Technologies, while also helping launch four overseas ventures focused on technology incubation in developing countries. At Lavrock, he has made eight co-investments with In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture arm, and for more than 17 years he has also taught entrepreneurship and investing as an adjunct professor at Georgetown's McDonough School.