As chief executive officer, Jim Zierick sets the overall strategic direction for LogicalApps.



Jim Zierick has spent twenty five years in executive management roles in the technology field. Most recently he was Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations for Peregrine Systems where he held diverse management roles in strategy, sales, marketing and operations, most recently leading a 350 person sales alliance, customer support and professional services organization. He was also responsible for generating $200 million of new license, support and service revenue. While at Peregrine he led a transformation of global field operations to better serve large enterprise customers resulting in above industry average growth in license revenues, and maintenance attach rates. Jim's contributions to Peregrine were instrumental in doubling the value of the company post-bankruptcy and its ultimate sale to Hewlett-Packard for $425M.



Prior to joining Peregrine, Jim was a partner with McKinsey & Co. where he advised and executed a number of strategic and operational improvement plans with major technology companies. He co-led McKinsey's Southern California technology and operational effectiveness practices, leveraging deep experience in the enterprise software, server, storage and semiconductor sectors.



Earlier in his career, Jim ran operations for Zierick Manufacturing, a family owned manufacturer of electrical and electronic interconnection products. He began his career at Ryder Systems as a business analyst for that logistics and transportation provider.



Zierick holds an MBA from Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business and a B.E. and an A.B. from Dartmouth College in Engineering.