JIM PICCOLO
CHAIRMAN & CO-FOUNDER, TECADEMICS
Jim Piccolo has over 30 over years of experience and success in business, internet marketing, and education. He has held positions including President and Chief Executive Officer of a privately-held, multinational manufacturing company and CEO of a publicly-traded international marketing company with four wholly owned subsidiaries in the United States, Mexico, South Korea and Japan. Mr. Piccolo is known for his vision and has an uncanny ability to recognize market opportunities and act on them quickly to create thriving businesses. Throughout his career, Mr. Piccolo has created or acquired more than 40 innovative companies in which he maintained control or a significant ownership interest. These companies along with their associated entities generated over $1 Billion in transactions and sales.
Mr. Piccolo founded the first ever real estate Investment College in 2000, and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer for over a decade. Throughout Mr. Piccoloâs tenure, he successfully delivered over 165,000 students a unique educational experience. His highly skilled and trained faculty received a 93.29% overall approval rating from those students over an 11-year timeframe. At the pinnacle of his career, his educational company experienced 94.5% repeat attendance from the existing students, a statistic unparalleled in the seminar educational industry. Mr. Piccoloâs real estate investment college delivered 40 highly specialized core competency classes, utilizing 17 individual classrooms and 28 instructors in 32 individual one-week sprints. This innovative educational institution also received the esteemed College Credit Recommendation by The American Council on Education (ACE).
Mr. Piccolo is widely recognized for building highly effective and efficient employee teams and corporate culture, one of which experienced less than 5% turnover from the years 2000 â 2010. In 2004, his business was featured in Biz AZ Magazine as one of the âCoolest Places to Work.â Mr. Piccolo brings with him a unique combination of business leadership, technology experience, work ethic, vision, and philosophy.
Mr. Piccolo has been acknowledged by many national publications for his work as one of the most recognized visionaries, innovators, and philanthropists of his time. He has gained recognition as an exceptional and highly sought-after public speaker earning scores of awards from companies, trade organizations and charities worldwide. Mr. Piccolo has delivered educational, inspirational and motivational speeches to audiences around the globe. He has also inspired audiences in hundreds of cities right here at home in the USA. Mr. Piccolo has traveled the world addressing audiences in Maui, Acapulco, Cozumel and Cancun (Mexico), Seoul (South Korea), Geneva (Switzerland), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Bali (Indonesia), Cairo (Egypt), Bangkok (Thailand), Cape Town and Phinda (South Africa), Sydney (Australia), Munich (Germany), Bora Bora (Tahiti), Antigua, the Cayman Islands, Antwerp (Belgium), and the Bahamas, just to name a few.
Jim has a passion for serving others and supports many childrenâs charities, including Starlight Foundationâ˘, Help4Kidz, The Rock, and Judiâs House. Jim is also passionate about promoting volunteerism among families and youth. He is an innovator, mentor, philanthropist and thought leader in the business community. He is most well-known for his business catering to the automotive aftermarket, as well as his founding of one of the largest and most successful real estate educational institutions in the country. Jim received his B.S. in Business and Marketing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
