James Pickering

Areas of focus and skill sets: business development, strategic partnerships and alliances, project management, sustainable practices logistics expert focused on environmental impacts and marketing social awareness and transforming education outreach programs.

Background
Sustainability consultant and experienced project manager he has a history being highly effective at implementing and orchestrating programs. Passionate about helping people create healthy places to live, work and play. Committed to helping businesses in the local community benefit from implementing sustainable initiatives into their operations. He has negotiated strategic terms and partnerships in waste management and with municipalities and the recycling industry. He has completed the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) sustainability certification program in 2012, and has worked on education outreach (permaculture), for LA County schools, and developing Waste-to-Energy projects with LA County Public Works, zero-waste events with Jet Propulsion Labs, Waste-To-Energy, and Bio-solids Energy with the Port of LA, and helped San Gabriel and Los Angeles based businesses to divert waste, while reducing their costs by increasing their efficiencies.