Jim is currently a Senior Project Engineer and works as a contract employee for the Federal Highway Administration.  He is a part of the staff of the FHWA Mobile Concrete Technology Center, which assists states with concrete testing, demonstrates new testing devices and supports implementation of new technologies.  He has been with FHWA for over 11 years.  Prior assignments have included the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center at Iowa State University as the PCC Paving Engineer, before retiring in 2008.  His experience also includes working with the Iowa DOT as Concrete Engineer and Concrete Paving Field Engineer, and as Assistant County Engineer with Story County, Iowa.