Port San Antonio is one of the nation's leading technology and innovation campuses, where more than 80 organizations and 19,000 people are advancing the future of aerospace, national defense, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, and space technologies. The Port owns and operates a 1,900-acre campus, known as Tech Port, that comprises a large part of the former Kelly Air Force Base, providing world-class facilities, infrastructure, and collaborative partnerships that help enterprises grow, create high-value careers, and strengthen the region's economy. Today, the campus is one of the region's fastest-growing economic engines--generating an estimated $20 billion in annual economic impact for Texas.
Building on that momentum, the Port is expanding as a destination where industry, education, entrepreneurship, and community converge. Major investments—including new advanced manufacturing and research facilities, the Innovation Tower, the Alamo Colleges School of Emerging Technologies, and continued growth of the Boeing Center at Tech Port—are creating new opportunities for innovation, workforce development, and public engagement. Together with its customers and partners, the Port is positioning San Antonio as a global center for the technologies that will shape the future while connecting surrounding neighborhoods to pathways for education, careers, and long-term economic opportunity.
About Jim Perschbach
Perschbach leads the team that is developing the 1,900-acre Tech Port innovation campus as a nationally important destination for advanced technologies, including aerospace, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure resiliency, defense, manufacturing and global trade.
The Port is one of South Texas’ fastest-growing economic engines—home to over 80 tenant customers and their 19,000 employees, which generate a regional economic impact of over $20 billion in annual economic activity in our region and across the state of Texas, according to a 2025 study.
In addition to his work at the Port, Perschbach serves his community in numerous leadership roles. Currently, he is a member of the Texas Advanced Air Mobility Committee—a statewide body supporting the development of legislation and policies that support the implementation of emerging air transportation technologies across the state.
Perschbach is also Board Chair of the Kelly Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports innovative K-12 learning programs and adult workforce development efforts centered in the San Antonio region’s advanced technologies.
He has also been named by the American Business Journals as one of the country’s top 100 executives to watch.
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.
