James and I have worked together in several departments and functions of Toyota spanning Product Planning, Sales & Inventory Planning and the field sales office. After each interaction with James, I came away with a new idea or way of looking at a problem or opportunity that we were working on. James is able to boil an issue down to its elemental components and recommend a go forward strategy. For instance, James was able to identify the needs of our customers/dealers related to inventory planning and he was able to activate and draw others into a go-forward solution. Finally, James was able to succinctly and concisely summarize the strategy thereby gaining management support