Jim Lecinski, Managing Director of U.S. Sales for Google, Inc., leads Google's advertising business nationally focusing on major marketers and media agency partners in the Consumer Packaged Goods, Healthcare, Restaurant, B2B and Local Markets industry verticals. Based in Google's Chicago office, Jim brings his 20 years of integrated marketing and online/offline advertising experience to help clients address their challenges with branding and creative strategy; consumer insights; marketing plan development; lead generation; measurement, data analysis and optimization. He is a frequent guest speaker at industry events, conferences and universities including the ANA, AMA, BMA, Northwestern University and the University of Virginia. Jim has previously held leadership positions at ad agencies DDB, marchFirst, Young & Rubicam, and EuroRSCG. But it's not all Google all the time. Jim holds an MBA from the University of Illinois and a BA from the University of Notre Dame. He currently serves on board committees for Chicago Public Radio, The Executive's Club of Chicago and The Art Institute of Chicago. His passion is vintage jazz which he plays, collects, blogs and tweets.