Name: James Thompson
Title: Chief Operations Officer
Company: Timberline Construction Corp.
Location: 300 Pine Street, Canton, MA 02021
Place of birth: Buffalo NY
Family: Neve 14, Daniel 10.
College: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Civil Engineering
First job unrelated to your current field: busboy on the boardwalk, Wildwood NJ
First job in current field: Project Engineer at Stone & Webster
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Timberline is a general contractor currently working in 10 sectors. Our diverse business plan is designed to ride the various business cycles and succeed through establishing relationships with business partners who value honesty and hard work, and appreciate the combined efforts of a project team whose members are committed to delivering quality and performance.
Hobbies: pretty much anything involving mountains or water, fishing without bait.
Favorite novel: too many to choose from, accounts of personal fortitude and perseverance overcoming incredible odds fascinate me, “Into thin Air” was humbling.
Favorite film: The Sting
Keys to success: perseverance and honesty, I haven’t won the lottery and my memory isn’t good enough to remember anything but the truth.
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): People whose profession puts them against formidable odds which benefit others.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Navy fighter pilot, but since that’s not going to happen, the launch operator in Scituate Harbor would be cool.