Study Abroad Trip Leader
Jim Beach

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Jim Beach has lived, traveled, and started businesses around the World. He joined the faculty of the Institute of International Business in 2001, and teaches graduate and undergraduate International Entrepreneurship and International Business. He is known for his energy, excitement, and love of teaching. He is also Director of www.InternationalEntrepreneurship.com. Jim worked for the Japanese government trade promotion office (JETRO) where he helped American companies export to Japan.


Before joining Georgia State University, Mr. Beach was the Co-founder and CEO (from 1993 to 2000) of American Computer Experience of Atlanta. Mr. Beach grew the company with no capital infusion to $12 million in annual revenue in 2000 and to over 60 permanent and 700 temporary employees, operating in 39 states and in three countries. The company became the world’s largest technology training company for children, and enjoyed corporate tie-ins with Microsoft, Intel, Lego, NASA, and many others. In 1999, Mr. Beach closed two rounds of venture funding, one for $2.4 million and another for $6.4 million. The "Atlanta Business Chronicle" recognized the company was one for the fastest growing companies in Georgia for both 1999 and 2000. In 2001, Mr. Beach was selected as one of the “Forty under Forty” most influential citizens by "Georgia Trend" magazine.

Jim received his Japanese and Business Administration masters degrees from the University of Hawaii and Japan-America Institute of Management Science, of Honolulu, Hawaii and Tokyo, Japan in December 1992. He specialized in Japanese Financial Systems and was selected to receive the Fujitsu Foundation for International Education Scholarship, was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, and also was awarded Highest Honors. He has worked for The Coca-Cola Company both in Japan and in the United States.

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To contact Jim, please email him at James.Beach@att.net or call 678-640-0770.