
share this page
About
Jim Wong, CEO & Founder of Brilliant™, is a certified public accountant (Inactive) and has more than 20 years of experience in the accounting and staffing industries. In 2009, Jim founded Brilliant, a search, staffing and management resources firm specializing in accounting, finance and IT for the greater Chicago and south Florida markets. Brilliant has received many awards including: • Inavero’s 2016 Best of Staffing® Talent Satisfaction • No. 1 fastest-growing company on 2015 Crain’s Chicago Business Fast 50 • 1,165th fastest-growing private company in America on 2015 Inc. 5000 • No. 2 on 2015 Staffing Industry Analysts Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms • One of Chicago’s and the Nation's Best & Brightest Companies to Work For® in 2014, 2015 Jim was recognized on the Staffing 100 List 2016 for North America as one of the most influential people in the industry. In April 2016, Jim was selected to serve on the Board of Directors for the newly formed, non-partisan Illinois Business and Economic Development Corporation (ILBEDC). The ILBEDC was created by Governor Bruce Rauner (IL-Rep.) to assist the Department of Commerce in executing economic development through a new approach. Prior to Brilliant, Jim co-founded and led Chicago's largest, independently-owned finance and accounting staffing company, which successfully sold to a NYSE staffing company in 2006. Jim graduated from Northern Illinois University (NIU) in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in accounting. After passing the CPA exam, Jim joined Ernst & Young where he performed audits for client companies within manufacturing, real estate, financial services and insurance. He then joined Robert Half International, becoming an award-winning recruiter and manager. Wong is an active member of the Illinois CPA Society, the NIU Department of Accountancy Board of Advisors, and was a board member of the Northern Illinois Executive Club. He was named NIU 2003-2004 Outstanding Young Alumnus.Company Spotlight in Tech

Amount
videos (1)
Adam Hughe

Lightstream
videos (2)
Stu Grubbs

Fusion92
videos (1)
Matt Murphy

TimeZoneOne
videos (1)
Daniel Thomas

SpringCM
videos (1)
Dan Dal Degan

Covalience, LLC
videos (1)
Kevin Sandahl

The Ballast Group
videos (2)
Kellee Johnson

Peanut App
videos (1)
Michelle Kennedy

Table XI
videos (1)
Mark Rickmeier

DefendEdge
videos (1)
Lewis Borsellino

Blue1647
videos (1)
Emile Cambry

Kenway Consulting
videos (1)
Brian King

Phoenix Business Solutions
videos (1)
Peggy Hrindak

Reltio
videos (1)
Manish Sood

Burwood Group, Inc.
videos (1)
Jim Hart

Steadfast.net
videos (1)
James Webb

SURYA Electronics
videos (1)
Bruce Gianpetro

BCDVideo
videos (3)
Jeff Burgess

Catalytic
videos (1)
Jeff Grisenthwaite

HERE
videos (1)
AAron Dannenbring

AArete
videos (2)
Loren Trimble

Netrix, LLC.
videos (1)
Rob Dang

EagleRail Container Logistics
videos (1)
Mike Wychocki

Codal
videos (1)
Keval Baxi

XSELL Technologies
videos (1)
Matt Coughlin

Tovala
videos (1)
David Rabie

Jobbatical
videos (1)
Karoli Hindriks

Vanco International
videos (1)
Brad Corbin

Snap36
videos (1)
Jeff Hunt

Techstars Chicago
videos (1)
Troy Henikoff

Savoir
videos (1)
Shatabdi Basu

Truss Holdings, Inc.
videos (1)
Bobby Goodman

Entara
videos (1)
Linda Maclachlan

Pearachute
videos (1)
Desiree Vargas Wrigley

Sunderland Coaching
videos (1)
Debra Sunderland

Addison Group
videos (1)
Tom Moran

Charlie
videos (1)
Aaron Frazin

SG Interactive
videos (1)
Jordan Levin

HigherGround Managed Services
videos (1)
Brian Brammeier

Origin Ventures
videos (1)
Steve Miller

Framework IT
videos (2)
John Fakhoury

CityBase
videos (1)
Mike Duffy

uBack
videos (1)
Kaitlin Reimann

Winston Privacy
videos (1)

Channel IQ
videos (1)
Andy Walker

Integrated Project Management
videos (1)
Mike McLeod

NuCurrent
videos (2)
Jacob Babcock

EZLinks Golf
videos (1)
Gary Cohen

Amount
videos (1)
Adam Hughe

Lightstream
videos (2)
Stu Grubbs

Fusion92
videos (1)
Matt Murphy

TimeZoneOne
videos (1)
Daniel Thomas

SpringCM
videos (1)
Dan Dal Degan

Covalience, LLC
videos (1)
Kevin Sandahl

The Ballast Group
videos (2)
Kellee Johnson

Peanut App
videos (1)
Michelle Kennedy

Table XI
videos (1)
Mark Rickmeier

DefendEdge
videos (1)
Lewis Borsellino

Blue1647
videos (1)
Emile Cambry

Kenway Consulting
videos (1)
Brian King