Jim McBride
GDC National
Sales Director
EXPERTISE: Jim
McBride has an overriding
commitment to relational
excellence in his business
development process. His
orientation is around building
for long term relationships,
rather than simply creating
transactions. He believes this
approach is especially important
in supporting operational
improvements in organizations.
BACKGROUND:
Prior Experience: Jim
McBride is a veteran business
development professional with
almost 30 years of experience.
Jim has worked in senior sales
and management positions for N.V
Philips of the Netherlands,
Computer Sciences Corporation,
Resource One, The ProAction
Group and was also the founder
and Managing Principal of
Worldnet Corporation, an
information technology
consulting firm which he owned
and operated for 15 years.
During his tenure with Worldnet
Corporation his firm sold over
$55 million in consulting
services. Accomplishments: Jim
has successfully developed high
value relationships within most
of the Fortune 500, middle
market companies across a
spectrum of industries, public
accounting firms, as well as
many prominent firms within the
investment community such as
private equity, hedge funds,
trading firms, etc. Jim is
currently a senior member of the
business development curriculum
at the Wright Business Institute
of Chicago. He is also an active
member of The Chicago Fellowship
and is founder of the Chicago
based charity, Give a Kid a
Break. Jim is a resident of
Chicago where he attended the
University of Chicago and
Northwestern University.
