Jim Gorjup Email & Phone Number

Mentor, OH, US

The Christopher Group (TCG) is one of the nation's largest boutique executive search firms. TCG is a retained executive search firm with two divisions, one specializing exclusively in the Human Resources field (TCG-HR) and the other specializing exclusively in the Information Technology field (TCG-IT). Our leadership team is comprised of former IT & HR.

• Boutique consultancy firm with four service lines including Software Deliver, Coaching (Lean, Agile, XP), Training, and Staff Augmentation.Led fully integrated Operations including Finance, Recruiting, Human Resources.
• Contributed to fivefold revenue growth over 5 years, 495% and from 9 to 75+ employees.
• Key contributor to winning Inc 500/5000 Award for 4 years in a row with 148% growth in 2014, 248% growth in 2013, 1,518% growth in 2012, and 1,055% growth in 2011.
• Managed #1 strategic account and grew account 50+% in first year.
• Key executive who developed relationships and negotiated formal partnerships.
• Oversaw all aspects of accounting; designed budgeting and forecasting processes, worked with outside CPA for tax preparation, selected payroll firms, and generated monthly, quarterly & annual reporting.

• Privately held boutique Executive Search Firm specializing in a) the placement of senior level Information Technology professionals across all industries within the United States and b) providing executive coaching on.
• Coached and mentored clients involved in agile organizational transformations
• Consulted with clients on talent acquisition needs and ideal competency characteristics
• Identify targeted companies for new client development by building confidence with industry expertise
• Placed high quality candidates at large to midsized companies by using a targeted selection strategy
• Managed client and candidate experience with precise step by step process management

• I.T. Group Manager (2001 to 2007)Responsible for development, technical direction, and implementation strategy for the company’s single largest program transformation. The policy administration system represented an 8.
• Led group of senior architects and internal business customers, through Agile methodology, to develop the program strategy which included project planning as well as defining technical and business functionality.
• Successfully integrated ITIL principles and practices into the system design / development providing a faster and more cost effective deployment of a production ready system.
• Led efforts that resulted in the program transformation being classified as one of only 20 worldwide “Design Wins” projects by Microsoft. This designation allowed direct access to Microsoft’s SQL Server Product Team at.
• Co-published, in collaboration with Microsoft, a SQL Server case study on complex and large database design and implementation.
• Created an enterprise policy administration datamart which represented the largest ever deployment of mission critical data on Microsoft’s SQL Server 2005 platform.

• I.T. Manager (1998 to 2001)Responsible for application development, technical implementation and forward strategy for the company’s proprietary pricing and product definition system. Reported to I.T. Director, managed.
• Formulated and implemented a 3 year, $2.5 million system rewrite for the company’s propriety pricing and product definition system which involved migration from a Smalltalk / Gemstone implementation to the C# / SQL.
• Negotiated contracts, served as corporate liaison, and managed the ongoing relationship with Gemstone Systems (external database vendor) and IBM Smalltalk product team.
• Created and facilitated an internal conference for all senior architects across the company to share information about emerging technologies and corporate direction.
• Served as company representative for IBM’s Inner Circle Product Team to provide input and influence the direction of IBM’s future product development plans. I.T. System Consultant / Lead Architect (1994 to.
• Selected and implemented an object oriented database to ensure availability, reliability, and security for the company’s proprietary pricing and product definition system data.

• I.T. Senior Analyst / Developer (1992 to 1994)Responsible for analysis, design, and development of Smalltalk programs. This role provided the opportunity to move into object oriented design, coding, principles, and.
• Developed a proprietary pricing and product definition system that was unique in the industry and served to create a strategic competitive advantage for the company.I.T. Analyst / Developer (1986 to 1992)Responsible.