James is a management consultant and  a mechanical engineer. He works in heavy industries, and often in out-of-the-way locations, helping them improve the performance of their physical plant and equipment. He has worked in the navy, petrochemicals, oil refining, ship-building, aircraft maintenance, avionics, and as a consultant in resource industries, pulp and paper, facilities management, health care, logistics, mining, mineral processing and refining, electric and gas utilities, packaging, food, automotive, water and waste water utilities.