Mr. Dallas is the president of James Dallas & Associates. He consults with and speaks to companies and organizations about leading change and executive leadership development in an era of constant, disruptive change. James is an accomplished senior executive with extensive experience as an agent of change in large domestic and international corporate settings. He has successfully implemented over 10 transformational and turnaround initiatives, 30 acquisition integrations, 5 operations/quality shared services centers of excellence, and 3 innovation centers. James has over 30 years of experience in General Management/business operations roles as well as Chief Information Officer positions. He retired in September 2013 as Senior Vice President of Quality, Operations and IT at Medtronic, Inc., a global medical technology company that employs approximately 45,000 people and does business in more than 120 countries. James also served as a member of Medtronic’s executive management team. Prior to joining Medtronic in 2006, he was Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Georgia-Pacific Corporation, a global forest products company that employed over 55,000 people. In his 22 years at Georgia Pacific, James held a series of progressively more responsible information technology and operating roles. He also served as a member of Georgia Pacific’s executive management team. The majority of James’ career has been focused on bridging the gap between strategy and execution, using IT both strategically and entrepreneurially, and leadership development. He has served on for-profit and non-profit boards for over 20 years and is currently on the boards of Centene, KeyCorp and Grady Memorial Hospital. James has also written a book titled “Mastering the Art of Change: Overcome The Obstacles, Inspire The People, and Succeed Where Others Fail” and has had articles featured in Fortune.com. Mr. Dallas is a native of Atlanta, GA. He and his wife Celest have been married for 43 years and have three daughters. James’ proudest professional accomplishment is the number of people he has sponsored and mentored who are in the C- 18 suite and on the boards of multibillion-dollar companies.