Like so many other of our key executives, Jim was born and raised in south Arkansas. In 1981, at the age of 20, he began his career at ATI as a member of the clean-up crew. Throughout the years, he worked his way through various supervisory roles before being promoted to Plant Manager of the Malvern pine sawmill in 1997. In 2013, he was promoted to Vice President of Pine Production, where his current duties include managing the operations of ATI’s pine sawmills in Bearden and Malvern, as well as sales of all pine chips, sawdust, bark, and shavings.