Jim Northrup is Managing Partner and founder of ClearSight Solutions. Jim brings over 25 years of senior Human Resources executive and business consulting experience to the firm.

   Prior to founding the firm, Jim was Vice President and Head of worldwide Human Resources for Kroll Inc., the world’s leading risk mitigation consulting firm. Jim’s business experience also includes being one of the founding partners of IMCOR, Inc., which grew to become the US’s leading human capital management firm specializing in “portable executive” (temporary) placement and HR consulting services.

   Earlier in his career, Jim held senior positions in Human Resources including Vice President Human Resources for V.I. Technologies, Inc. (“VITEX”), a leading biotechnology company, and Vice President, Human Resources & Information Technology for a privately held mid-western pharmaceutical company. Jim also held increasingly responsible human resources management positions with Merck & Co., Inc. (which won Fortune Magazine’s ‘Most Admired Company award five years in a row), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

   Jim received his MBA from The Wharton School and BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

Don Duckworth is the Chairman of ClearSight’s Board of Advisors. Don is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The CWD Group, a management consulting and private equity investment firm serving a wide array of clients, from Fortune 50 global giants to small cap startups.

   Prior to heading The CWD Group, Don was in the executive search industry and served as the CEO and co-managing partner of two “global 20” search firms, Horton International and Johnson, Smith & Knisely/Accord. Both firms operated in over twenty five countries with more than forty offices, in such diverse locations as Shanghai, Hanoi, Kiev, Mumbai, Stockholm, Budapest, Prague, Buenos Aires, and Santiago. Don pioneered the introduction of global account management programs in the executive search industry and also introduced synergistic services in the areas of executive coaching, executive assessment, and e-cruiting.

   Before entering the executive search industry in 1993, Don served in corporate leadership roles in the oil and gas industry with Standard Oil (Ohio) and BP. Some of the positions he held were Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, Sohio Petroleum Company; Chief of Staff, BP Exploration; and Senior Vice President, Change and Human Resources, BP America. He also served on a number of the Company’s executive and board committees, including the management, environment, contributions, and compensation committees.

   Don is a graduate of the University of Georgia; the Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia; and the US Army Command and General Staff College.