Jim Boone

President & CEO

Jim Boone is currently President & CEO of Senegal Software. He has extensive experience in growing both multinational and entrepreneurial technology, service, and other human capital-intensive businesses.  Previously at Volt Information Sciences, Inc., Jim was a divisional CEO and Advisor to the founding family CEO, and provided in-depth analysis of operations across the U.S. as well as in India and Uruguay.

As President and CEO at Impellam Group North America, a staffing solutions and managed services company, Jim engineered an extensive turnaround by restructuring the company to focus on specialized business sectors and geographic regions.  These actions resulted in the company’s return to profitability and positive cash flow.  Previously, Jim spent nearly two decades with two of the largest global executive search firms.  He was Chairman, Global Operating Committee, and President, Americas Region at Korn Ferry International, and also served as Senior Executive Search Partner and member of the Global Executive Committee at Heidrick & Struggles.  Early in his career, he held senior leadership and management positions with Digital Equipment Corporation and Honeywell, Inc.

Jim is a certified NACD Board Leadership Fellow and is a member of several boards including Senegal Software.  He has previously served on the boards of Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (NYSE AMER: VOLT), Corestaff Services Inc., Pearson Partners International, Heidrick & Struggles Global Executive Committee, the Technology Association of Georgia, the Henry W. Grady Health System Foundation, and the Atlanta Botanical Garden.  Jim graduated magna cum laude from the University of Louisville.