With more more than twenty years as an owner, James has grown and sold two companies: the most recent a fire and life safety business he grew through acquisition. He was EO Austin President and chaired the EO Austin Accelerator. He knows how a board operates because he has sat on one. He understands the timeline of a PE-backed company because he sold his own to a fund.

He was formerly certified in all three leading operating systems, EOS, Scaling Up, and Pinnacle. That is why he builds a custom approach for each team instead of running one off the shelf.

He works with founder-led companies, high-growth companies, and PE-backed companies. He goes deeper than most advisors at the executive level. He sits in the executive meetings, the strategy sessions, and the sessions that decide whether the team executed or not. His relationships are measured in years, up to nine, and clients bring him into the next company they run.

The work is a partnership. Patient enough to lead teams to their own conclusions. Confident enough to name what's off track when it matters.
He takes an independent seat in the room: no equity, no agenda.