BACKGROUND

Jim has over 30 years of experience in environmental and quality management systems consulting throughout his career starting with Florida Power and Light Company, and IT Corporation. While with FP&L he represented the electric utility industry in Washington, D.C. during the legislative development and rule makings for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). His assignments included economic impact analysis of legislation and rulemakings and their impact on the electric utility industry. As a Senior Environmental Analyst, he was instrumental in developing environmental programs, including PCB reduction management and Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan (SPCC) development and implementation for the power plants throughout the FP&L system.

Jim has refined his management and leadership techniques while being a full time consultant for the last 25 years.  He has assumed the leadership roles in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 development programs, consulting, training and auditing both domestically and internationally.

His experience not only includes corporate management experience, but he has also held leadership positions in startup operations with ITC in environmental biotechnology and his own consulting business.

Specialties

Jim has acquired a unique combination of expertise in development and implementation of integrated management systems for Quality, Environment, and Safety. By utilizing a practical approach to business management systems development Jim has been successful in helping companies realize the financial rewards for properly developing and implementing the ISO Management Systems. Jim has also been very successful at fostering internal acceptance to needed changes to core business processes from top management and throughout the organization. Emphasizing that the business processes should serve the organization and help customers achieve success, Jim has been a leader in identifying opportunities to reduce costs and improve efficiencies within each organization he has helped.

Jim’s areas of expertise include business management system development, change management, environmental compliance, environmental and quality cost accounting, communication at all levels of the organization, training and auditing for a wide variety industries and many of the Fortune Top 50 corporations.

Jim has been an expert witness in PCB litigation.

Clients

Jim has assisted both small and large organizations with the development and implementation of their business management systems. Recent customers include AER Manufacturing (remanufacturing of automobile engines and transmissions) where he helped develop their ISO 14001 EMS and integrated it with the TS16949 standard, 3M Corporation  (multiple facilities as well as their chemical manufacturing facility at Cordova, IL) where he developed and acted as the outsourced EMS auditor and program manager providing training and guidance for management, TECO Coal Corporation, developed and provided consultation, auditing  and training for the ISO 9002:1994 and update to ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Systems and has provided Internal Auditor Training for both ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004.

For a complete listing see the Clients page.

Credentials

Jim is an IRCA Certified Quality Systems Lead Auditor, an IRCA Certified Environmental Management Systems Lead Auditor, an OHSAS 18001 H&S and AS/NZS 4801:2001 Lead Auditor as well as developing Z10 programs. Jim received a BS (Cum Laude) with a dual major in Finance and Economics from the New York Institute of Technology, in Old Westbury, New York.

Jim is co-author of The PCB Management Handbook (with J.P. Woodyard), 1985 and The Environmental Dictionary, 4^th edition, 2005 both published by John Wiley and Sons.