Jim Purvis is a Managing Director of The Schnur Group. Jim’s areas of expertise include: building strong contemporary HR organizations, corporate strategy development, executive coaching, leadership development, and organizational performance measurement and improvement.

Jim has over 30 years of hands-on organizational design and development experience as a Human Resources executive in some of the country’s leading organizations, including: Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIMCO); SomaLogic and Biodesix, privately-funded biotechnology companies; ALCOA; Eastern Airlines/Texas Air; Starwood/Westin Hotels and Resorts; and TCI/ATT (Tele-Communications, Inc.). He has lived and worked globally in Europe, South America and Asia.

Jim’s experience also includes being the Principal in Align Performance Engineering, a global consultancy focused on corporate performance improvement linked to compensation. and HCM International, a global organizational, human resources and technology consulting company based in London and Seattle. He managed major organizational development engagements with global clients, including: Deutsche Bank/J.P. Morgan Grenfell, Bank of Ireland, Kvaerner, British Telecom, Ardent Software, New Century Energies, Bentall Kennedy, Northwood Investors, Rosemont Realty, The United States Postal Service, The United States Navy and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Jim resides in Denver, Colorado, and is a frequent speaker on Human Resource Strategy and Effective, Organizational Performance and Measurement. He holds a B.A. in Communications and Modern Languages from the University of Notre Dame.

When not building better organizations he and his wife are remodeling a 1950’s mid-century modern house in Denver and indulging their four grandchildren.