James F. Gaffey, Sr. (Jim)
President and CEO

   As founder of The Gaffey Group, Jim Gaffey conceived the company's business plan. Jim proceeded to raise the initial capital funding which allowed for a focused effort towards the marketplace to begin. He has surrounded himself, and his company, with a group of seasoned and experienced professionals who operate as associates to The Gaffey Group.
   A highly versatile and proven senior manager, with a series of Fortune 100 companies, he has quickly established The Gaffey Group in the Atlanta and southeast market.  Along with developing the core consultancy he also formed The Strategic Research Group (SRG), which provides focused strategic research on new, and old markets.
   An element of that early work was the researching and documenting of a prospectus on the southeast market from Ireland/Northern Ireland’s point of view. SRG looked for the reasons why many European countries where very successful in this market (i.e.; The United Kingdom; 2.1B per year in GA) and Ireland (158.2M per year) was ranked 16^th.
   The resulting comparisons of like product offerings identified a dramatic void. This document was sent to key decision makers among the recognized business leaders in the RoI & N.I. It was also sent to the highest levels of the governments involved.
   Jim’s experience and training facilitates an ability to concentrate an exacting focus on project wide requirements. His first approach, beyond the absorption of the volume of details that he is capable of retaining, was to journey to meet with contacts that responded from the DCC, NICCI and from Invest NI and others on the island of Ireland.
   Joining a trade mission out of Georgia, in November 2002, he visited both Dublin & Belfast. He separated himself from the group and made independent presentation to both Chambers & other business leaders regarding the opportunities in the southeast.
   The recent joint trade mission to Atlanta was a demonstration of all the attributes of a successful sales and marketing campaign strategically focused on original goals (to bring Irish businesses to Atlanta) and to focus on the success of our “customers” (the individual delegates).
   Jim has served on the Boards of the YMCA - Robert D. Fowler, Jeff Galloway Marathon Training Program, and as chairman of the pastoral board of his church. He is a graduate of City University of New York (CUNY). He currently serves on the board of Theatre Gael and as Chairman, Executive Committee, Ireland Chamber of Commerce USA-SE.