Jim Wallace is an Indianapolis businessman and former Fishers Town Council

Fishers, Indiana

Fishers is a town located in Fall Creek and Delaware townships, Hamilton County, Indiana, with a population of 76,794, according to the 2010 census. A suburb of Indianapolis, Fishers has grown rapidly in recent decades: about 350 people lived there in 1963, 2,000 in 1980, and only 7,200 as recently...

 and Hamilton County Council

Hamilton County, Indiana

Hamilton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. Census 2010 recorded a population of 274,569. The county seat is Noblesville....

 member in the state of Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

. He previously served as the Director of Management Services under Indianapolis mayor Stephen Goldsmith

Stephen Goldsmith

Stephen "Steve" Goldsmith is the former mayor of Indianapolis and most recently served as the Deputy Mayor of New York City for Operations, stepping down effective August 4, 2011 after a domestic violence arrest. He is also the Daniel Paul Professor of Government at the John F...

 and liaison to the Service, Efficiency, and Limited Taxation Committee chaired by Indiana governor

Governor of Indiana

The Governor of Indiana is the chief executive of the state of Indiana. The governor is elected to a four-year term, and responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the functions of many agencies of the Indiana state government. The governor also shares power with other statewide...

 Mitch Daniels

Mitch Daniels

Mitchell Elias "Mitch" Daniels, Jr. is the 49th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana. A Republican, he began his first four-year term as governor on January 10, 2005, and was elected to his second term by an 18-point margin on November 4, 2008. Previously, he was the Director of the...

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Wallace served as a captain in the U.S. Army, flying combat helicopters until leaving the service in 1987. Wallace also worked at Bain & Company

Bain & Company

Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Bain is considered one of the most prestigious consulting firms in the world, with 47 offices in 30 countries and over 5,500 professionals on staff globally...

, Boston, Massachusetts, from 1988 to 1990.

He is currently a candidate for the Republican nomination in the Indiana gubernatorial election, 2012

Indiana gubernatorial election, 2012

The 2012 Indiana gubernatorial election will take place on November 6, 2012.Incumbent governor Mitch Daniels is term-limited.-Candidates:* Mike Pence, U.S...

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Wallace is noted for founding TWG Capital, the first company to provide capital to the insurance industry based on the actuarial value of insurance premiums and commissions. Wallace is also noted as the head of strategy at Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, a key architect in the Acordia IPO, merger/acquisition, and demutualization strategies that resulted in the establishment of Anthem/Wellpoint

WellPoint

WellPoint, Inc. is the largest health plan company in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. It was formed when WellPoint Health Networks, Inc. merged into Anthem, Inc., with the surviving Anthem adopting the name, WellPoint, Inc...

, the largest health insurer in the United States.

His hometown is DeMotte, Indiana

DeMotte, Indiana

DeMotte is a town in Keener Township, Jasper County, Indiana, United States. The population was 3,814 at the 2010 census. DeMotte is well known for its comforting atmosphere and friendly people. In 2001, it was acclaimed at the town where strangers are acquaintances, neighbors are colleagues and...

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Education

• Bachelor of Science, Engineering, United States Military Academy
  United States Military Academy
  The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
  
  , 1983
• MBA, Harvard Business School
  Harvard Business School
  Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
  
  , 1989