As one of Klipsch's most long-standing employees, Jim was hired by company founder Paul W. Klipsch in 1978 as a transducer engineer. From there, he worked as a design engineer, production engineer, engineering manager and director of design engineering before being appointed to his current position.

Jim and the late Paul Klipsch co-authored U.S. Patent #4,387,786, which is an anechoic chamber or "echo free room" featuring a multi-functional revolving door. This unique design is used daily at the Klipsch engineering and technology center in Indianapolis. Jim has also been a key contributor to more than 130 Klipsch-branded speakers sold in specialty audio stores around the world. He has been a member of the Audio Engineering Society since 1979 and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers since 1974.

As the self-proclaimed collector of odd Klipsch facts and artifacts, Jim is also the curator of the Klipsch Museum in Hope, Ark., the town where Klipsch was originally founded and the location of company-owned manufacturing and distribution facilities.

Jim earned his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from West Virginia Institute of Technology (now West Virginia University) in Montgomery, W. VA.

Jim lives near Shelbyville, Indiana with his wife Becky and their two children, James and Kate.