James J. Beirne has joined the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis as the associate dean and director of the Weston Career Resources Center effective Nov. 29.
Beirne replaces Gregory Hutchings, who resigned in June to pursue other opportunities.
“Jim has a wealth of experience, a disposition and a professional intelligence that qualifies him to take career services at Olin to the pinnacle of achievement and renown,” said Dean Stuart Greenbaum.
Beirne worked at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1994, serving most of that time as director of career development and placement. Most recently, he managed the Americas Recruiting Program for Hewlett-Packard. From 1994 to 2002, Beirne worked in corporate recruiting at General Mills Inc., serving as the company’s director of recruiting and human resources from 1999 to 2002.
His other experience includes product management and marketing with International Multifoods, based in Canada, Venezuela, and Brazil. He holds an MBA from the American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Ariz., and a bachelor’s degree in food marketing from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.
A fluent speaker of Spanish and Portuguese, Beirne is authorized to work in the European Community.
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