Jim joined the firm in 2003 as a partner after serving as a founding investor and advisory-board member. Jim's responsibilities include investor relations, investment committee participation and new business development. He founded Capital Concepts Holdings LLC, a Chicago-based private-equity investment firm, in 1998, and serves as its principal. Before Capital Concepts, Jim co-founded and later sold the data-consolidation company, MaxMiles. For 15 years, Jim was employed at American National Bank, a subsidiary of Bank One Corporation, where he oversaw credit, cash management and technology-business units during his tenure. He now sits on the boards of MB Financial Corporation, Olsen Engineering and Resource Land Holdings. Jim earned a bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Illinois and a master's in business administration from Northwestern University�s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. |