Biography

Jim has over 38 years of experience in the global nuclear fuel industry, He currently serves as President of NuCore Energy LLC, a company that he founded together with Cadent Energy Partners in 2009. NuCore is a strategic advisory and investment firm with specialized expertise in nuclear fuel marketing and procurement, the evaluation of uranium mining and nuclear service sector investment opportunities, and nuclear project and fuel financing.

Jim also served as Vice President and President of Nukem Inc., from 1987 to 2008, during which time he helped build the company into one of the largest international suppliers of nuclear fuel. Under his leadership the company established exclusive supply arrangements with several former Soviet Republics, and organized the Western consortium that negotiated the historic U.S.-Russian HEU Agreement, commonly referred to as the “Megatons to Megawatts” deal. During his Nukem tenure Jim also served as the Chairman of publicly traded, American Nuclear Corporation.

Jim received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and his Master of Business Administration from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.