Jim Buchanan Email & Phone Number

Irving, Texas, United States

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Soggy Zoggy Aquatics was formed when my wife was asked to put together a proposal for a city swim program. We built a profitable business that has grown year after year. We built a website, evaluated back office software for class management, hired and trained staff, developed and documented workflows, developed metrics, lesson plans and training programs..

Addison, Texas

Three weeks after I changed industries and came on board, the owner left to go backpacking in the wilderness, leaving me, the sole employee, in charge of all aspects of his business for two weeks. Day one, I inherited five construction projects including a troubled $2M design build boiler project where the equipment the customer needed did not meet.

Dallas, Texas

In 1999, the DISD was the 12th largest school district with $1.2B budget with about 80 different departments serving over 152,000 students. I worked in a 4 person team to address internal management issues. We developed and led the 5 year strategic planning process, coaching campuses, departments and the leadership teams in developing project charters.

Worldwide

After graduating from the Air Force Academy, I worked at Los Alamos National Lab for six weeks while waiting for helicopter school. I assisted an electrical engineer developing step motor controls for the SALT II missile verification detector. After graduating from helicopter school I spent four years flying crews and parts to missile silos as well as.

Electrical Engineering, Engineering

Activities and Societies: Wings of Blue Parachute Team, Mountaineering Club

Master Of Science (Ms), Business Administration And Management, General