James B. Ayers

Jim is from Jefferson City, Missouri. He received his BS from the U.S. Naval Academy with distinction and MS Industrial Engineering and MBA degrees from Stanford. His industrial engineering specialty was economic systems planning. This discipline focuses on financial justification of improvement projects. He is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, the Project Management Institute, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). In the Navy, Jim served on nuclear submarines.