| Jim is a skydiving World Record
holder having been a part of the largest skydiving
formation ever completed. He skydived to the North
Pole as a member of an international expedition.
Jim is one of only 400 Professional Exhibition
Skydivers in the United States. He celebrated his
40th birthday by doing 40 skydives - in one day.
On his 45th it was 45 - all in one day. Jim has
also done some of the highest altitude civilian
skydives in the world - from 31,000 feet. Jim’s
insights on fear management and effective
risk-taking have been featured in publications
including Investor’s Business Daily, the
Wall Street Journal’s National Business
Employment Weekly, Presentations Magazine
and the San Francisco Business Times.
Jim served in Washington, D.C. as a member of a
Presidential administration where among various
positions he was the first non-attorney in the
history of the U. S. Department of Energy to serve
as Special Assistant to the General Counsel.
In the world of business, Jim has been a
project partner of a real estate investment and
development company, a court-appointed Receiver
responsible for real property portfolios worth
over $140 million and the Chief Operating Officer
of an international design firm. Jim teaches
executive level management courses at San Jose
State University.
Jim has a degree in Civil Engineering from the
University of Southern California and an MBA in
finance and marketing from the University of
California, Irvine. He has over 1,800 skydives,
has accumulated over 32 hours of freefall and
resides in Half Moon Bay, California.
More information about Jim is available at
TakeRisks.com. |
