Bio

As Head of Citizens M&A Advisory, Jim is committed to delivering exemplary client outcomes through in-depth sector knowledge and expertise, senior-led transaction teams and a rigorous transaction process. Jim has extensive experience in advising middle-market companies in mergers and acquisitions as well as capital raising. He has personally led over 75 transactions in his career. Prior to founding Bowstring Advisors, Jim was CEO and Co-Founder of Impact Innovations, a $100 million IT services provider. Under Jim’s leadership, the company raised over $30 million in capital and grew to over 700 employees nationwide prior to its sale in 2004. Being a serial entrepreneur himself, Jim truly understands the owner mentality and the uniqueness of each and every transaction. In the mid-1990s, Jim served as Vice President of Investment Banking at Robinson Humphrey, a division of Salomon Smith Barney. He started his career at Arthur Andersen in Atlanta. Jim is a graduate of the University of Georgia, where he was a member of the 1987 NCAA champion tennis team and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He lives in Atlanta and is a board member of the UGA Foundation, the Marist School and Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit School.