Jim McKelvey, Principal of Great Lakes Profiles

Jim has been a partner in Great Lakes Profiles since 1992, a talent management and leadership development firm.  Previously he spent more than 25 years in manufacturing in the automotive and the special machine tools industries.  He served in a variety of manufacturing, quality control, and human resource positions starting with Ford Motor Company.  He was Director of Human Resources for Bendix Machine Tool Corporation, Director of Quality Improvement for The Cross Company, and Vice President of Materials for The Cross Company and Giddings & Lewis.

Jim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Education and a Master of Business Administration from Bowling Green State University. He’s been certified by The American Production and Inventory Control Society (CPIM) and Sales and Marketing Executives International (CSE) and was a certified “Quality Improvement” instructor with Philip Crosby Associates.  Additionally, he is certified through the Center for Executive Coaching; a program recognized and approved by the International Coach Federation (ICF) and by the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI).

He is an active member of Marketing and Sales Executives of Detroit and both OakMac and Detroit SHRM having served on numerous committees for Detroit SHRM.  He was a member of the Board of Directors for St. Paul of the Cross Retreat and Conference Center in northwest Detroit for more than 20 years and is a member of Bravehearts, a men’s organization in Lake Orion. He previously was a board member for Transition of Prisoners and served as a member on the Advisory Board for Continuing Education with Bowling Green State University and for TECH REP of Macomb County Community College.