Jim has over twenty years of experience in the fire sprinkler industry. As President & CEO of ECFP, he has built a management team that has taken the company from startup in 1997 to become one of the ten largest fire protection contractors in the country with 2007 estimated revenues of $100 million. Previously as Vice President of Finance and day to day head of operations of a large local sprinkler company, Jim helped the company grow from $14 million in sales in 1989 to almost $50 million in sales in 1997. Jim ran a major division, supervised the management information systems of the company and worked to establish and grow inspection and alarm operations (areas which achieved growth rates of over 80% per annum). He brings this expertise and success to ECFP. Jim has a degree in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA (graduating number one in his class) from the University of Richmond. He has a NICET Level III certification. |