The Network’s Advisory Board is a unique team of visionary individuals from various backgrounds who offer unique insights into key areas of our business. This team shares their extensive experience to help The Network review current strategies and improve the way we do business.

Jim Childs

Jim Childs’ career began in 1991 at Arthur Andersen in Atlanta as an Audit Senior in the Enterprise Group. In 1993, Mr. Childs left Arthur Andersen to attend Harvard Business School. In the summer of 1994, he worked in the Corporate Finance Group at Goldman Sachs in New York, where he focused on M&A deals for large companies. After business school, Mr. Childs joined the Corporate Finance Group of Robinson-Humphrey, a leading investment bank. With his experience in raising capital and executing M&A transactions for information technology firms, Mr. Childs became Vice President of IT Services. In 1998, he co-founded J3 Technology Services with John Martin and Jon Piot. Since then, the business has grown to 500 employees with over $100 million in sales. The company is backed by Craven, Green and Wahlen, an Atlanta-based private equity firm. His areas of expertise include Investment banking, M&A, capital raising, and entrepreneurial ventures. Mr. Childs holds a BBA in Accounting from the University of Georgia, where he was recently named "2002 Outstanding Young Alumnus". He also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

King Rogers

King Rogers retired in February, 2001, after almost seventeen years as Vice President of Assets Protection for Target Corporation, one of the first retailers to field a National Investigations Team. Under Mr. Rogers’ watch, Target was also innovative in implementing technological solutions to impact internal theft, reduce involuntary employer turnover and improve service and productivity. Prior to joining Target, Mr. Rogers was Director of Assets Protection for Strawbridge and Clothier in Philadelphia. He also was with the National Security Agency and served as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Air Force in Southeast Asia. Mr. Rogers has served as the Chairman of the International Mass Retailers Association Loss Prevention Committee and was awarded the IMRA’s President Award. Mr. Rogers has earned a reputation as an expert in identifying theft and fraud issues and for developing innovative and impactful solutions. He has received recognition from the Food Marketing Institute, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the International Organization of Black Security Executives, and Michigan State University. Mr. Rogers holds a BA from Yale University.

William H. Bolen, Jr.

Bill Bolen is an experienced consultant who has assisted clients in a wide variety of strategic and operational areas. He has significant sales and marketing experience, including market evaluation, customer segmentation, value proposition design, and internal capability building to ensure successful implementation. As an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company’s Atlanta office, Mr. Bolen has spent three years helping a variety of companies on many different business issues including operations, mergers and acquisitions, sales and marketing, globalization, growth strategies, and cost reduction. He has published his work several times, including an article for the McKinsey Quarterly and a Harvard Business School operations strategy case. Before working with McKinsey & Company, Mr. Bolen worked as a Sales Specialist for Dow Plastics, Foam Products, where he grew his market’s business by seven percent. Mr. Bolen holds a BS in Marketing from the University of Alabama and an MBA from Harvard University.