FOUNDER / PRESIDENT

Jim is a 20+ year consumer/retail industry veteran who combines operating fundamentals and financial discipline with extensive transaction and capital markets expertise. He is an Operating Partner of Archimedes Advisors and most recently served as the Interim Chief Growth Officer for the Neiman Marcus Group. Previously, Jim served as J.Jill’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, Avon Products’ Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Avon, Jim held the positions of Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer at J.Crew and served in several key roles during his time at Saks Incorporated. He is Chairman of the Board of Specialty Building Products, serves as a director on the board of J.Jill, and is on the board of Advisors for Faherty Brands.

PARTNER

Jane brings over 17 years of operations, investment banking, and advisory experience in both the public and private sector. She also serves as a General Partner of Midnight Venture Partners, an early-stage consumer venture capital firm based in Austin, TX. Prior to starting Elm St with Jim, Jane was an investment banker with Goldman Sachs’ Consumer Retail group out of New York. She began her career in operational finance with Endeavor Group (formally IMG-WME) and served as the analyst to the CFO at Cleveland Golf. She is on the board of Tom Beckbe and serves as a board observer for SACHEM, a global chemical science company based in Austin, TX.

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Michael is a 30-year retail executive who has spent his career at vertically integrated retailers successfully driving omnichannel strategies and operational efficiencies for companies in both growth and transformation stages. Michael is deeply experienced in merchandising planning, allocation and assortment/lifecycle planning. Most recently, he served as COO of Torrid during both its private and public stages. Prior to Torrid, Michael spent 13 years with J.Crew in Factory, J.Crew and was involved in the early stages of the Madewell brand. Michael' roles at J.Crew ranged from planning & allocation to divisional COO, which included Planning & Allocation, Stores, E-Commerce and international. Before J.Crew, Michael worked for 10 years at Gap in several planning and allocation roles.

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Ted is a customer-centric and data driven leader with 20+ years of management consulting and executive experience. Most recently, Ted led Strategy and FP&A for the Vitamin Shoppe and before then he was responsible for J.Crew’s omnichannel programs, customer insights, and retention marketing efforts. At Deloitte Consulting, Ted advised several leading businesses including TJX, Target, Walmart, and Sysco on growth strategy and operational improvement. He has a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Justin brings over 15 years of experience building and leading internal strategy and analytics teams. His work has focused on channel and store portfolio optimization strategies, product merchandising and brand marketing strategies to accelerate growth with developing brands and driving transformations. Most recently, Justin served as Director, Marketplace Development for adidas North America where he created growth and optimization strategies to drive omni-channel sales. Previously, Justin has held various strategic planning roles at J.Crew and Dick Sporting Goods and started his career in consulting at Urban Science.