Hailing from Springfield, MO James has worked in restaurants for over 35 years and has trained numerous servers, bartenders, and dining room managers. His first hospitality lessons were learn simply by observing his parents hosting parties. At 16 his dream to one day own  his own restaurant began to take shape. At the age of 21  he was hired as a general manage by one of his mentors with the purpose to learn how to run a restaurant. By the age of 26 he achieved his dream and opened his first restaurant. Always known for his charity work, his restaurant, Clary’s, was named the Small Business of the Year by the National Philanthropic Association. James is also the author of Servers Sales Training (restaurants Secrets to Success)