James Parish joined RWD Technologies in 2000, and serves as Executive Vice President of RWD's Performance Solutions group. Mr. Parish's group provides clients with training and process improvement solutions for lean manufacturing, back office, supply chain, manufacturing, engineering, logistics, safety, and health and environmental applications. Before assuming his current position, Mr. Parish served as the manager of the ACTS Consortium workforce development project, a member of the Governance Committee of Sigma Learning (a Limited Liability Committee serving Delphi Corp.), and as a departmental director. Prior to joining RWD Technologies, he was vice president and general manager for U.S. Axle, Inc. He also held various senior management positions for Diesel Technology Company during its transition from a division of General Motors to a major supplier of diesel fuel systems. Following five years as a co-op student, Mr. Parish held progressively more responsible engineering and engineering management responsibilities at General Motors. Mr. Parish holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from GMI Management and Engineering Institute and his M.B.A. from Grand Valley State University.