Jim Hawk

About Jim Hawk

I have built a career on RANGE (See \"Range\" by David Epstein) and adaptive leadership versus specialization. As a builder, I bring over 20 years of experience (10 years as a CEO) in leading and managing operations, leading teams, high-value customer relationship management, and process improvement across multiple industries. I am an integrator and operator with a proven ability to learn new products and markets. As a former CEO and CEO Suite executive, I am equipped with experience from multiple leadership roles centered around building relationships that survive tests. I create processes for continuous and dependable delivery of top products, advisory services, and transformative management. My mission is always to create platforms required for success by leveraging my operational expertise, strategic acumen, and innovative Sales and revenue-driven mindset. It is not only possible, but imperative, to do that at the intersection of both the smart thing to do and the right thing to do.We started UpSwing Strategies to leverage that experience by partnering with family owned golf courses to build state of the art driving ranges. We use the ranges to create fun and a great experience for golfers, people who want to become golfers, and everyone else. The resulting goal is a new revenue source all year long, regardless of weather, and improved revenue across your organization. Reach out for more information.

Experience

1. President and Co-founder

   Upswing Driving Range Development

   Oct 2024 — Present · MA, US

   UpSwing DRD partners with golf facility owners/operators/municipalities to develop modern, income producing, 365 day a year driving ranges. We are creative in terms of solutions and geographies, and will consider different types of projects (range remodels, purchases, ground up, etc.). However, our main focus is partnering with existing owner/operator/municipalities to develop modern plug and play driving ranges. We bring capital, range tech, biz dev/marketing stacks and everything else needed. We manage the buildouts, and stay or transition operations to an internal team. We use an Operating Partnership model, which is designed to breathe new life into facilities, build community, and generate new revenue without having to sell legacy assets like the actual land. In all cases we bring new customers and the next generation of golfers to the range and to green grass golf operations of all kinds. This means often, we can help prevent selling golf courses through a highly purposeful infrastructure co-investment. Please DM us if you would like more information, or know someone that might be interested. See more at

Education

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  MBA, Business Administration and General Management

  2004 — 2006

• St. Lawrence University

  BA, Writing with a Minor in Political Communications

  1986 — 1990