Jim began his technology career at Ford Motor Company where he supported the movement of all material throughout a 1.1 million square foot site. Responsible for critical materials flow to and from lean production cells to ship finished Fascias (bumpers) to the assembly plant. He quickly became a leader that would help to transform the Ford spin-off known as Visteon. During his tenure he managed plant floor systems upgrades and releases to plants in both North America and Europe. He played a key role in a ($2B) billion technology outsource deal and was responsible for governing the global contract for over 145 sites.
Jim next moved on to manage all the major global technology vendors for Visteon, which was critical to sustain growth and operational excellence. He held leadership roles including Client Manager facing off to several functions (including manufacturing) to review business cases to ensure ROI to enhance and develop new applications. Jim performed technology service benchmarking exercises to reduce costs and increase quality. Many of these experiences were directing strategic initiatives leading to Operational Excellence and productivity efficiencies.
Jim worked as a Senior Manager of the Application Transformation program eliminating old and expensive to maintain code, licensing, and hardware. Jim has held many leadership roles in companies of all sizes, industries, and verticals. These roles included Senior Manager of Supplier and Performance Management, Divestitures and Mergers manager helping to separate and sell (ACH) Automotive Components Holdings from Ford Motor Company. Jim provided both Advisory and Contract oversight services to General Motors at their Detroit Renaissance Center headquarters in Michigan. He led the monthly account executive’s forum that ensured that seamless technology services were delivered to General Motors globally working with HP, IBM, Infosys, Deloitte, and AT&T to name a few of the strategic partners.
Jim took on the role of Senior Infrastructure Program manager for IBM working at the Michelin headquarters in Greenville, SC. He led a team of project managers working in the US, India and Brazil to deliver the most transformative infrastructure projects for North America. Jim provided Advisory Services to the Michelin business on how best to leverage emerging technologies to cut costs, increase efficiencies and operational excellence by standardizing the environment reducing complexity.
Jim took a challenging role as the Client Director for Unify (aka Siemens) in which he drove sales of telecom services and transformed the VOIP landscape by upgrading hardware, eliminating old equipment, and implementing a new telephony strategy.
Jim moved into a new role at CoffeeTree Group, as the VP of Business Development in the Metro Detroit area. Delivered Advisory, Business Enablement, and Digital Transformation services.
Jim was recruited to work at HCL Technologies as the Director - Vertical Service & Alliance Partnerships and Delivery - Latin America. He drove sales growth working with the delivery organizations to curate demand for partners, align vertical relationships, and write engagement SOWs to support MEGA LT (a $1.5B business).
Jim worked as a consultant at CoffeeTree Group, where he led Consulting and Advisory engagements. He was very instrumental in leading many successful projects delivering industry relevant technology solutions. Jim was recently promoted to Project Delivery Executive with CoffeeTree Group focused on Manufacturing Optimization that drives out waste, increases overall equipment efficiency, increases quality by leveraging vision, MES and other manufacturing solutions that provide plant management 100% view of their site performance across all of the production lines.
