Jim Eisenhart is President of the Ventura Consulting Group. As a partnering facilitator since 1990, Jim has facilitated partnering processes on over 1000 projects worldwide, ranging from a NATO missile facility in Poland to the San Francisco Bay Bridge to a copper mine in Peru. In 2012 he was the recipient of the International Partnering Institutes “Excellence in Partnering Facilitation Award.” Jim authored the book “Raising the Bar on Construction Project Teamwork: From Good to World Class” and has presented on this subject to AGC, DBIA, and general contractors and owners from Dubai to Veterans Administration managers in Maryland. Jim received his MBA from UCLA and has taught ‘Strategic Planning’ at Pepperdine’s and California Lutheran’s MBA programs. He served in the US Army in South Vietnam as an armored cavalry platoon leader and troop XO. He currently enjoys sailing, skiing and trail running.