Jim has an extensive management and operations background in the Life Science and Consumer Products Industries. His career includes 24 years with Beckman Coulter and Coulter Corporation in business development, commercial operations, customer service, sales and marketing. Jim served as Director of U.S. Sales & Marketing for Coulter and Corporate Director of its Global Hematology Division. After taking on the leadership role in the successful integration of the Beckman and Coulter corporations, Jim was promoted to Vice President, European Commercial Operations for Beckman Coulter in Switzerland, a $500 Million division of this $2.4 Billion, global life sciences company.

Jim served as Senior Vice President for both a consumer products manufacturer and Luminex Corporation, a venture capital financed emerging biotech company before beginning his executive search practice. In addition to his executive search expertise in life sciences, Jim has successfully recruited executives across a wide span of career disciplines in the biotech, research, pharmaceutical and clinical IVD markets. His senior corporate experience as a sales and marketing executive is an asset for clients wishing to build their sales and marketing organizations in the US or Europe.

Jim earned a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from East Carolina University and served an internship in the United States Public Health Service.