James has been a leader in sales and marketing, a corporate vice president and a sales training facilitator for over thirty-five years. Educated at the University of Akron for HR, Employee Relations and Psychology, James has worked as a salesperson, sales manager, general manager, and corporate VP of sales with a background in Energy Services and Control Solutions. He has served as a trainer and educator for several trade organizations including the ACCA, PHCC, HRAI (Canada), Honeywell, Service Experts, EAI Excellence Alliance and Comfort Systems USA. He has developed a vast amount of curriculum for trades contractors and is a published author. He currently is partnered with Service Business Resources and facilitates training classes on Sales, Marketing, Sales Management and Strategic Business Planning. He offers onsite “private” training and is a “remote coach” for service businesses, as well as, providing sales mentoring in the field. James has been a volunteer for several faith-based organizations, including the Alive Festival, is a worship team musician and serves on the Board of Right to Life Northeast Ohio. He resides in the Medina Ohio area and enjoys his wife, children and grandchildren as well as the beaches of Florida.