Skilled professional with over 30 years of event management experience focusing on large, complex projects. Specialties include special event operations, administration, and development of extensive transportation and security plans to support multi-faceted political and sporting events. Proven ability to develop, manage, and implement large, complicated budgets. Tireless, dedicated worker whose managerial style encourages creativity and team cohesion. Excels at collaboration with people from diverse backgrounds. Able to multi-task and maintain a sense of humor under deadline pressures. Outstanding ethics and client loyalty. Foresight and solution-oriented approach refined through years of event coordination. Recognized for mentoring skills and strong leadership in challenging environments.James was instrumental in developing Sparrowhawk's Games Operational Readiness Reviews, which have proven invaluable in multiple special event environments. "Jimmy" enjoys finding new operational efficiencies and cost savings for his clients and lives by the credo that mega-event delivery is the hardest job you'll ever love.Experience Includes:Democratic Party National Conventions: 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012US Department of Homeland Security, Hurricane Katrina Relief, Baton Rouge, LA- 2004Atlanta Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games, Atlanta, GA -1996NFL Super Bowls - XXXIX, XL, XLVWorld University Games, Buffalo, NY- 1993Goodwill Games, Seattle, WA- 1990US Presidential Inaugurations: 1977, 1993, 2012Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games - 2010London Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games - 2013