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Technology expert and nautical trainer Jim Kearns knows how to get from point A to point B, both in business and in boating.

Kearns prefers boating to ‘living on a plane’

Pete Daly

Published: November 29, 2010

Jim Kearns had successful careers with IBM, Old Kent Bank and Covansys before starting I.T. Matters and Advanced Nautical Training.
Three high-level corporate jobs and retirement weren't enough for Jim Kearns. When the last job ended in 2004, he went out and started a small business — and then another, on top of that.

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