Please enjoy this wonderful conversation we had with the Port's President & CEO, Jim Perschbach. Listen and learn about the rich innovation history of what once the Kelly Air Force Base, explore the origin of some cool projects that have been developed there, such as the world's largest industrial robot, and a peak inside the Port's new innovation center coming Spring 2022.

Meet our Guest:
Jim Perschbach joined the Port in 2014—leading a team that provides strategic support to grow advanced industries on the 1,900-acre technology innovation campus, including aerospace, cybersecurity, defense, manufacturing and global trade. The Port is one of South Texas’ fastest-growing economic engines—home to over 80 tenant customers and their more than 14,000 employees, which generate a regional economic impact of over $5.6 billion annually.

Previously, he worked as an attorney in private practice with one of the nation’s largest law firms, where he counseled clients in sectors that include aerospace and advanced manufacturing.

In addition to his work at the Port, Perschbach serves his community in other leadership roles. He is a past chair of both the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce’s Aerospace Committee and Alamo Colleges’ Scobee Education Center / Challenger Learning Center. Currently, he serves on the boards of the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County and Our Lady of the Lake University.

In 2018 he was appointed Honorary Commander of the 502nd Airbase Wing / Joint Base San Antonio. He has also been named by the Business Journals as one of the country’s top 100 executives to watch in 2019.

Perschbach holds an undergraduate degree in business administration from The George Washington University and earned his law degree from The University of Houston Law Center.

About Port San Antonio
Port San Antonio is the Alamo City’s large and dynamic technology and innovation campus. For 100 years, the large space that is the Port has been a place where generations of talented people have focused their energy, creativity and hard work to achieve a better life for themselves and the generations who follow.

That powerful concept—building futures—defines the work that is undertaken today and the opportunities we’re preparing our community to capture in the century ahead.