Profile
After the successful sale of his company to Installed Building Products [NYSE-IBP] Mr.聽James聽continues to serve as coach to IBP鈥檚 companies in the Raleigh area.
Mr.聽James聽attained his CPA certificate after graduating from NCSU with a B.A. in Accounting (鈥�77).聽 He worked at聽 Price Waterhouse & Co. then was the CFO for a public company in RTP. While working full-time, he received his M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University (鈥�84), where he was a Fuqua Scholar.
In 1987 Mr.聽James聽purchased a privately-owned company and spent the next 34 years acquiring, fixing, consolidating and ultimately selling businesses in various industries.
Mr.聽James聽was active in the North Carolina Petroleum Marketer鈥檚 Association: President (1999); Board Member (1995-00); Chairman of the Underground Storage Tank Committee during implementation of Federal & State rule making. He assisted in development and was a part-time instructor for Amoco鈥檚 Architecture of Excellence seminar series. He has served on the Dealer Advisory Boards of Amoco, Clopay Building Products and The Cookson Company.聽聽 Mr.聽James聽has served as a Board Member of the Institute of Door Dealer Education & Accreditation (IDEA) an industry safety initiative.
Mr.聽James聽has served as Chairman of the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce & was later selected as Small Businessman of the year.聽 He has chaired the Board of Trustees, various committees & has twice been Chair of the Board of Deacons at First Baptist Church Raleigh.
Currently Treasurer of North State Game Club; Sharefish.org & NSGC Property LLC., he was formerly on the Board of Trustees at Gardner-Webb University, the Board of Advisors for the Campbell Divinity School and the Board of Camp Oak Hill.
Mr.聽James聽lives in Raleigh, where his wife Catherine (Cathy) McCracken聽James聽(a 鈥淢eredith Angel鈥� 鈥�77) is retired from Motheread, Inc., a literacy organization.聽 They have a son Will who is the Principal Percussionist with the St. Louis Symphony and a daughter Sarah who resides in Raleigh & works with the YMCA.
