Jim Adkins graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1981 and had a long career in the Air Force as a leader, engineer, metallurgist, project & program manager, and acquisition officer. He  retired from his government position in 1996, and took his talents to the private equity industry.

His first commercial endeavor was with General Motors/Delphi Packard-Electric and GM/Delphi Chassis, where he was responsible for $75M in services and labor agreements necessary to run a multi-location $3.5B business.

After numerous successes, Jim re-entered the private equity world in 2002 with Enerpac to lead his second business turn-around. Using the same recipe he had refined to a science, Jim was able to achieve double-digit improvements in profitability in less than six months. He’d go on to use this same trusted method of personalized and tailored approaches to help brands like Bobcat, ServiceMaster, and Chromalloy best meet their needs at both the individual and organizational levels.

Since then, Jim has led 1000+ projects at the individual and corporate-wide level. He’s successfully used his personal brand to lead, guide, improve and work in several industries including light and heavy manufacturing, entrepreneurial start-ups, lawn and pest services, fastener, automotive, electronics, jet engine businesses, healthcare, Social Media, and SAAS.

When he’s not helping businesses be the best they can be, Jim volunteers as a Mentor and Ambassador with SCORE, and sits on the Board of Trustees for the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches.