Jim Harter

Current

• President at Sigma Pi Consulting
• Advisory Board at Entrepreneurial Thursday
• Volunteer at Priority Two

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Past

• Business Solutions Analyst at Oce' Business Services
• Project Director at GSMIC
• Principal Consultant at KIBAN

• Founder and COO at TallySoft
• Business Unit Manager at CISCORP

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Education

• University of Pittsburgh - Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
• University of Pittsburgh

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Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

Jim Harter’s Summary

Seeking a management consulting position assisting entrepreneurial companies that require my multi-disciplined background of technical, business, and managerial skills.

Client oriented, working with senior executives to identify, quantify, and solve business and technology problems.

Specialized skill in developing synergistic relationships with companies supplying complementary products and services to provide new market opportunities and better solutions.

Jim Harter’s Specialties:

Multiple industry verticals in entrepreneurial companies. ($1m - $20m in revenue)
Primary vertical in computer software.

Jim Harter’s Experience

• President

  Sigma Pi Consulting

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  April 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

  Management Consulting to Entrepreneurial Companies
  Multi-industry / Multi-discipline
  Financial Analysis - Budgets, Incentive Plans, Cost Accounting, Balanced Scorecard
  Inventory Control, Business Process Redesign
  HR Processes - Functional and Physical Organization, Employee Handbooks, Job Descriptions
  Executive Coaching and Leadership Development
  
  www.sigmapiconsulting.com

• Advisory Board

  Entrepreneurial Thursday

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years)

  Entrepreneurial Thursday is a non-profit volunteer organization promoting entrepreneurship in the Pittsburgh area. It features a weekly networking event with 2 sets of live music and a panel interview between sets that promotes the activities of business entrepreneurs and leaders in the non-profit social services arena. As an advisory board member, I assist in creating some of the weekly program by identifying topics, recruiting panelists, and co-hosting the event.

• Volunteer

  Priority Two

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  1998 — Present (11 years)

• Business Solutions Analyst

  Oce' Business Services

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

  March 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 6 months)

  Business Analysis
  Solution Architecture
  Proposal Response
  Teaming Partnerships
  Pre-sales Support

• Project Director

  GSMIC

  (Management Consulting industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year)

• Principal Consultant

  KIBAN

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2003 — January 2005 (2 years 1 month)

  NetSuite Implementation
  Sales - System Architecture - Solution Implementation - Training & Documentation

• Founder and COO

  TallySoft

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 1997 — April 2003 (6 years 4 months)

  TallySoft developed the TallySales Management System, a full featured point of sales system aimed at the specialty retail market. Jim was a founder and COO of the company with responsibilities including sales, supply chain, customer relations, finance, and contracts. Jim also was integrally involved in gathering customer requirements and writing specification for software enhancements.

• Business Unit Manager

  CISCORP

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1988 — 1997 (9 years)

Jim Harter’s Education

• University of Pittsburgh - Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business

  EMBA , 1990 — 1991

  3.94 QPA

  Activities and Societies:

  Elected to Beta Gamma Sigma honorary business fraternity.

• University of Pittsburgh

  BS , Computer Science , 1974 — 1977

Additional Information

Jim Harter’s Honors:

Guest lecturer at Robert Morris University and author of numerous articles.

Jim Harter’s Contact Settings

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