President – Industrial Group
The Haskell Company
As President of the Industrial Group, Jim is responsible for a $400 million division of Haskell including responsibility for two regional offices located in Dallas, Texas and Mexico City, Mexico.
Jim joined Haskell in 1989 and has held several key positions from field engineer, project manager, senior project manager, director, vice president, senior vice president to his current position. Since starting with Haskell Jim has worked on over 150 projects with Frito-Lay, with his first project being the Modesto, California, plant. In addition to Frito-Lay, Jim has worked with, Nestlé, Gatorade, Kraft, ConAgra, Procter & Gamble, Nike, General Dynamics, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Goodrich, Starbucks and Spirit AeroSystems. He has also provided design and construction services for several other Fortune 100 industrial companies in the past. Jim is also currently responsible for many of the international projects throughout South America, the Caribbean and Asia.
Jim is a University of Florida graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Master's Degree in Building Construction and is a Certified General Contractor.
He is active in civic and professional organizations including Leadership Jacksonville Class of 2003, Leadership Jacksonville Volunteer Committee and Jacksonville Community Council, Inc. Additionally, Jim is a member of several trade associations including Associated Builders and Contractors, American Institute of Baking, National Food Processors Association, America Meat Institute, Material Handing Institute of America, as well as several other organizations.
Jim and his wife Sandy live in Jacksonville along with their three children, Katie Anne (19), Jimmy (16) and Daniel (14).
Haskell is an integrated, full service, design-build organization with primary focus on building long term relationships with customers. Areas of service include the United States, Latin America and Asia, with headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida, and industrial regional offices in Dallas, Texas and Mexico City, Mexico.