Welcome Jim and Lisa, Good Luck, Tom!

I’m happy to recently begin working with two new (for me) professionals from two longtime clients.  Jim Jamrus was recently hired by BP North America to manage tank car leasing, maintenance and security.  He takes the throttle on a very long track laid by Tom Gaines, who retires from the position at the end of November.   Tom and I go back nine years, and his “work should be fun” attitude has been a real joy.  Hatching out BP’s award-winning RailSafe program on a bar napkin is just one of many fond memories of one of my favorite clients.  I wish Tom all the best, and hope we’ll continue to dip a kayak paddle and tip an Irish pub pint, now needing only to mix pleasure with pleasure!

Welcome also to Lisa Karbowski, a Pittsburgh marketing professional  for international commercial real estate services leader Jones Lang LaSalle.  Lisa recently assigned me a case study that marks my first project for the firm’s Pittsburgh office.