Jim Wilson

Jim Wilson is responsible for designing and delivering consulting projects ranging from Supply Chain Risk and Opportunity Quantifications to start-up assistance for new businesses. His prior experience includes: Executive Director for Trade Management consulting for J.P. Morgan Chase; Vice President of Operations Management and International Trade Management for Vastera, Inc. prior to its acquisition by J.P. Morgan; CEO of Quantum International a global supply chain and regulatory compliance consulting and services company prior to its purchase by Vastera, Inc., a software and services company.

Over the last 15 years Jim designed, started, staffed, trained and mentored 12 consulting operations globally. Jim held numerous positions as an IBM Executive over 25 years: Global Practice Leader for the IBM Consulting Group’s International Trade Management Consulting Practice; Manager of IBM Corporate Logistics Strategy; Controller for IBM World Trade Corporation’s US operations; Financial Planning Manager for Printing Systems R&D and Manufacturing; World Wide IBM Pricing Manager for Intermediate 370 Systems. As the Controller for IBM’s World Trade Corporation’s International Purchasing Office and Distribution Center, Jim managed all the financial affairs associated with multi-billion dollar annual US import and export transactions, inventory control, inter-company billings, letters of credit and audit/control activities.

Jim has led numerous successful consulting engagements in global supply chain management ranging from global strategies to complex import and export regulatory compliance engagements saving clients hundreds of millions of dollars. Prior clients include companies from aerospace, retail, consumer goods, automotive, computer, telecommunications, industrial machinery, heavy equipment, oil service and petroleum industries. Jim has conducted over 400 trade compliance and supply chain engagements ranging from big box retailers to global aerospace and defense companies.

As our business continued to expand globally, particularly in Asia, Gordon Pacific, LLC provided us with a very high level of expertise in many areas including international consulting with senior executives, in-country consulting for our business development activities, and cultural education and coaching for both expatriates and cross-cultural teams. We chose Gordon Pacific over similar organizations based on their depth of experience in global business issues and their customized approach to helping us successfully compete in new, diverse locations. Their guidance and expertise allowed us to avoid numerous, common pitfalls related to culture, government, and business issues in multiple locations. As a result, our partnership with GP greatly reduced our overall costs and enabled us to build deeper relationships with both internal and external business partners. In my twenty plus years in international human resources work, I would give GP the highest recommendation out of the numerous firms I have used for international consulting.

David Knipping
Director, International Human Resources, ConAgra Foods
Gordon Pacific’s consulting and executive coaching really made a positive impact to our sourcing operations and overall team effectiveness. Their global expertise, perspective and engagement with my team really added value to the bottom line by allowing us to understand how to address issues of concern now and how to be on the lookout for new challenges that were about to present themselves. Gordon Pacific brings real-life experiences and perspective to their consulting roles. The reality of ‘it could happen to you too’ really had my team thinking about how to protect their business.

Scott Jenkins, VP, Global Sourcing
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
“Ken and Hai Yan of Gordon Pacific are simply brilliant consultants when assessing market and customer needs on behalf of SME and larger enterprises seeking to enter or improve their position in the China market. These are thoughtful and highly experienced professionals you can count on to be engaged, committed and pragmatic in any situation including protracted negotiations. Both will quickly grasp the big picture but will not hesitate to work through the details to assure a successful long term outcome. From mid management to the C suite, no doors stay closed to Ken and Hai Yan.”

J Bors, Vice President
ChemCo Systems