Jim Zitek has been engaged in public speaking since he joined the Marine Corps (ROTC instructor at Camp Pendleton, CA). This was followed by hundreds of presentations as a partner in a Twin Cities based advertising agency. Now as an Investment  Advisor, consultant and professional speaker, he has continued speaking to a variety of groups. Jim is also a member of the speakers' bureau of the Washington, D.C. based Concord Coalition Organization. 

Jim brings his many years of experience as a business person plus years of doing his own research to each presentation. According to his audiences, his presentations, "are packed with information and delivered with passion."

After years of doing his own research on the economy and capital markets, Jim began to use a critical thinking process that enabled him to limit and control some of his bias and open his mind to new opportunities and begin to see potential problems more clearly. This became the basis for his presentation: Help. The News Is Driving Me Crazy! 

 After serving with the U.S. Marine Corps and graduating from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Political Science, Jim began his career in communications and advertising where he worked for a variety of small and large corporations including several Fortune 500 companies. In 1992, he joined one of his client firms, Dain Bosworth (now RBC Dain Rauscher) as an investment executive. He has since joined Feltl & Company, a securities brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. Jim uses a top down investment  approach in his portfolio management.  

Jim is also interested in the future. After reading Alvin Toffler’s “Third Wave” he became a dedicated student of the future. He is a member of the World Futures Society and the Minnesota Futurists. Today, he combines both his broad range of knowledge in business and the economy with a passion for understanding and helping other people understand how to cope with and profit from a world that is in transition from nostalgia to uncertainty.  

Jim also publishes two e-mail publications: Economic Update which covers current issues in the economy and Market Update which covers timely market issues. He also publishes a blog titled: Paradigm Adjustment.