Jim Lord
Owner at 360° Painting of Edina
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJim Lord is a seasoned CPG executive and entrepreneur with over two decades of experience building brands, driving international growth, and founding companies. A Wharton MBA, he led major P&Ls and product innovations at Kraft Foods and Land O’Lakes—launching high-impact lines like Lunchables and delivering double-digit profit and distribution gains across dozens of markets. He later founded Wiseworld Foods to build an import/export brand and now owns a regional 360° Painting franchise, demonstrating hands-on operational leadership from sourcing to marketing. At AbsolutData he bridged data-driven strategy and digital marketing for global clients, showing a rare blend of traditional CPG product expertise and modern analytics-informed planning. Known for negotiating complex alliances and joint ventures, he pairs board-level strategic thinking with day-to-day execution experience.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BBA, Management, BBA, Management at University of Wisconsin-MadisonMBA, Marketing, MBA, Marketing at The Wharton School
Github Skills (17)
visual-editor10
api8
build-script8
game-engine8
imgui7
bgfx6
cpp6
game-development6
graphical-user-interface6
searching5
cmake4
search-engine3
citations3
graph3
csl2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
JimmyLord/VulkanTest
Jan 2019 - Dec 2024
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 11 months
JimmyLord/SharedGameCode
Apr 2015 - Dec 2020
Contributions:107 pushes in 5 years 9 months
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