Jim is President of All Points Additive and a nationally recognized leader in advanced manufacturing and additive technologies. With over 50 years in the industry, he continues to shape AM innovation and strategy.

Prior to retiring in 2015, Jim was Vice President of Aerospace and Defense at 3D Systems, where he led DoD R&D and manufacturing initiatives, specializing in additive material and process development, engineering applications, and transition-to-production efforts (TRL 1–7, MRL 5–9) for flight-qualified systems.

His career began in 1966 as an apprentice patternmaker at Paramount Industries, where he became an owner in 1971. Under his leadership, Paramount emerged as a pioneer in AM adoption, achieving AS9100 certification and DOD Top Secret clearance before being acquired by 3D Systems in 2012.

Jim currently serves on the boards of the Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group (MTDG) and ASTRO America. From 2014 to 2024, he was on the board of the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC), serving as Chairman from 2021. He also founded DVIRC’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) Standing Committee to align AM with continuous improvement practices.

Nationally, he chaired the Executive Committee and Governance Board of America Makes and led the America Makes–ANSI Additive Manufacturing Standards Collaborative (AMSC), driving AM standards development and adoption.