Jim Strand is Vice President Financial Operations at Avnet, Inc., an $18 billion dollar distributor of semiconductors, and other electronic components, embedded systems and computer products from leading manufacturers serving over 100,000 customers in over 70 countries, headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

 

Jim has been at Avnet for 8 years and manages the Avnet Financial Operations-Shared Service Center which is located in Richardson, TX. This Center handles high volume financial transaction processing for all business units and other corporate services for the US, Canada and Mexico. Prior to joining Avnet, Jim spent 17 years with JCPenney in various accounting, systems and process transformation roles. His last position prior to joining Avnet was Controller of the JCPenney International Development department where he was responsible for accounting, planning and analysis for international operations which included Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Export sales to various regions in EMEA and Asia.

 

Jim holds a BBA from Steven F. Austin State University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas – Executive MBA Program. Jim enjoys speaking at various financial conferences and is published in Management Accounting (Strategic Finance) magazine, and has been featured in PC Week, and CFO Magazines.

 

He currently Treasurer and member of the Executive Committee for the Board of

Trustees of the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, a non-profit that provides services to over 2000 child abuse victims annually in Dallas County. Jim also serves on the UTDallas Executive Education Advisory Council and is a member of Financial Executives International (FEI) where he was recently appointed to lead the External Affairs/Public Relations committee of the FEI Dallas Chapter. Jim also is a Board member of the Richardson, TX., Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Finance committee of the Chamber.