Jim Vance

Bus. Dev. Mgr. -India

Jim Vance began his career at a very early age on Kaupakulua Fruit Farm on the slopes of Haleakala Maui. Starting as an indentured laborer at age six, Jim’s father assigned him to harvest his prized lychee fruits transplanted from China. Upon observing that more lychees were being consumed than harvested, Jim’s father quickly promoted him to Weed Killer. Jim majored in International Business at the University of Hawaii followed by six years as an Army armor commander across the country and in South Korea. Perhaps due to Jim's half Chinese ethnicity, the Koreans welcomed him and his unit often rushing out to the streets to wave at them until they saw Jim taking his tanks through strategic short cuts in their cabbage fields.  Following that episode Jim was quickly promoted again and asked to join a team of officers on the Army's Training Board to redesign the way the Army trains.  An MBA in marketing from McCombs opened travel-tour business across the Southwest and Southeast for World Express Tours.  Nine years at Dell as corporate account manager for Ohio and Indiana then services marketing manager for new enterprise services that Dell wanted to bring to market.  Jim was sent to train and guide Dell’s services marketing, sales and technical support teams in Mexico, Canada, Europe, India and the Philippines.  Jim was involved in creating the marketing strategy and plan for the College of Engineering's engineering management program at UT-Austin.  Jim has been married 8.5 years to the former Sharon Solomon from Grand Isle, Louisiana and recently was able to understand her Cajun accent.  He has one son, Jimmy.  Jim's long term goal is to return to Kaupakulua, Maui and continue some of that weed killing he's so good at.

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