Jim focuses on providing accounting, assurance and tax services to clients in the manufacturing and distribution, construction, automotive, not-for-profit, and government industry sectors. With more than 30 years of experience, he was the managing shareholder of the firm’s Columbia office for 18 years. In 2009, Jim was appointed chief operating officer of the firm.

Education, Credentials and Special Training
Certified Public Accountant (SC License #1872)
B.S., Accounting, cum laude, Clemson University
Alumnus of the Year, Beta Alpha Psi, 1993

Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
Technical Standards Committee Past Appointed Chair
Appointed Member, Single Audit Committee, State Department of Education
Construction Financial Management Association

Civic and Community Activities
Executive Committee Member; Board Member; Committee of 100; Alumnus      Leadership Columbia; Past Chair of International Committee, Columbia      Chamber of Commerce
Executive Committee Member and Board Member, Central South Carolina      Alliance
Past Board Member and Treasurer, Spring Valley Education Foundation
Past President and Finance Committee Chair, Spring Valley Country Club
Past Director; Committee Chairman; Paul Harris Fellow Award Recipient,      1992, Emerald City Rotary Club
Past Board Member and Treasurer, Spring Valley Rotary Club
Chair of Deacons; Past Finance Committee Chair; Past Budget Committee      Chair, First Baptist Church of Columbia
Alumnus, Leadership Greenwood, Greenwood Chamber of Commerce
Board Member, Midlands Technical College Foundation
Board Member and Past Treasurer, Cultural Council of the Midlands
Board Member, Executive Committee Member, Finance Committee Member      and Audit Committee Chairman, United Way of the Midlands
Board Member, South Carolina State Museum