Jim serves as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Haskell, maintaining full executive leadership responsibilities of the $1+ billion firm. Jim joined Haskell in 1989 and has held several key positions, including field engineer, project manager, senior project manager, director, vice president, senior vice president, and executive vice president/chief operating officer.

Since starting with Haskell, Jim has worked on over 150 projects with Frito-Lay. In addition to Frito-Lay, Jim has worked with Nestlé, Gatorade, Kraft, ConAgra, Procter & Gamble, Nike, General Dynamics, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Starbucks, Ascension Health, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Coast Guard. He has also provided design and construction services for several other Fortune 100 companies in the past. Jim is also currently responsible for major offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Dallas, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Charlotte, North Carolina; St. Louis, Missouri; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Livermore, California; and Beloit, Wisconsin; as well as international operations throughout South America, the Caribbean and Asia.