James Larson

Dr. James Larson is vice president and center manager of the Xerox Research Center Webster for Xerox Corporation. He was named to this position in October 2009.

Larson is responsible for the operations management of XRCW, one of the five Xerox research and technology centers around the world. In that role he is responsible for research and technology in software, solutions, imaging, cross-media technologies and marking processes and hardware that leads and supports Xerox's strategy for printing, publishing, multi-function systems, controllers, workflow and services.

Jim joined Xerox in 1991 and has had a number of leadership roles in XIG and Corporate Strategy where he was exposed to a wide range of technologies and business models: from nanotechnology to services. In fact, about a decade ago Jim was on my team leading R&D prioritization for all of Xerox, a job in which he was exposed to all aspects of our business. Jim rejoined XIG in 2002 and delivered Jupiter to the business team and managed the high-speed continuous feed solid ink project from inception through delivery to the engineering team in the business group. Most recently Jim managed the Marking Elements & Integration Laboratory within XRCW. As head of that lab, Jim was responsible for the Inkjet Platforms and integration of our xerographic and inkjet marking competencies. Jim brings a wealth of knowledge and experience across a wide variety of marking technologies, both xerographic and inkjet, as well as other non-traditional digital marking technologies.

Jim has 63 issued US patents and authored 34 technical publications. He received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Washington in 1980, and two years later, after a post doctoral appointment at the University of Chicago, he joined the DuPont Company. In 1984 he became part of a small DuPont team working on liquid electrostatic toner technology. By 1987 this effort grew into DX Imaging, a partnership company parented by DuPont and Xerox, of which Jim was a founding member.