Paul E. Lima II
Named as one of the nation’s top Hispanic information technology executives by HITEC, Paul Lima has twenty years in serving private industry, government and non-profit organizations.
Founded in 2004, Lima Consulting Group helps companies develop, deploy and measure online marketing strategies. The firm provides a strategic framework for online marketing to help clients reach their business objectives. While the firm is primarily known for its strategy consulting, the company also implements and integrates software from best-in-class innovators in the areas of web analytics, content management systems (CMS), customer relationship management systems (CRM) and other business software. The firm maintains certifications and partnership with Google Adwords and Google Analytics, Omniture, Netsuite and Ektron.
Prior to starting Lima Consulting Group, Paul spent seven years in the financial services industry. He held various positions at SEI Investments (NASDAQ: SEIC), a $5 Billion dollar company, where he developed business and technology strategy and was responsible for new product development and service offerings. While at SEI, Paul web-enabled the company’s flagship software called, Trust3000 by launching Trust3000Anywhere. This platform is the largest trust accounting platform in the US and processes up to $1.5 Trillion in transaction value on a daily basis.
Mr. Lima left the US Army Reserves in 2007 where he served as the Deputy Commander of Army Reservists supporting the Defense Information Systems Agency. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is responsible for the IT Infrastructure for the Department of Defense. In this capacity he managed over $50 million in the annual value of services provided to the Agency and he played a role in defining the future of the Internet in combat.
Mr. Lima currently holds Board Positions with the Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the West Point Society of Philadelphia and the Wharton Alumni Association Board of Directors. He is the previous Executive Vice President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Society of Hispanic MBA’s and founded an English as a Second Language (ESL) program in his community and serves in a local leadership position with the Boy Scouts of America. He is also the co-founder of the Service Academy Society, a non-profit established to unite the Alumni of the Nation’s service academies.
In 2008 he was named by Leadership Philadelphia as a Top Emerging Connector. He was appointed to the CEO Access Network of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce in 2009, an organization that promotes the informal relationships between large business CEO’s and minority entrepreneurs. In 2009 he was named by the Philadelphia Hispanic Business Journal as a Minority Business Leader. Mr. Lima was recently named to the HITEC 100, recognizing the nation’s top Hispanic executives in information technology.
He earned a Masters Degree in the Management of Technology awarded jointly by the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering (SEAS) and the Wharton School and holds a B.S. from the United States Military Academy. Paul holds a Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance and speaks Spanish and is conversant in Portuguese. He is married and has four children.