Jim has been in convenience retailing for the past 29 years, the last 17 of which with BP/ARCO/ampm.  Early in his career, Jim learned business from the ground-up, holding several management roles in the operations arena before progressing into employee development, project management, merchandising, and category management.

As Senior Category Manager, Jim is responsible for the Center-of-Store categories at over 1200 ampm locations, and is charged with managing the 3500+ products that help meet the needs of our customers and franchisees everyday.

Jim currently resides in Southern California, with his wife of 27 years, Patty.