At age 15, James began his career as a principle dancer with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company’s summer program with Mikhail Baryshnikov, which continued from 1973 -1975. His ballet dance performances transpired in both New York and Germany. During his mid-twenties James occasionally returned to his dance roots performing in Broadway shows, Nine, La Cage, and Brigadoon revival.

At 17, he was appointed to the 1976 Olympic Men’s Figure Skating Team, but was ineligible to compete due to an injury. In 1980, James received his Professional Registered Nurse
Diploma from Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, NJ. To date, James has over twenty-six years experience in health care, with in-depth expertise in acute care, critical care, rehabilitation, case management, home care, infusion therapy and long term care management.

After completing his nursing degree, James entered the U.S.A.R. Nurse Corps. He served as Medic Instructor at the Academy of Health Science in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He went on to continue a twelve year military career in the Army Reserves which included graduating from the Academy of Health Science with honors, overseas experience in management as well as being decorated five times for service; retiring at the rank of Captain.

James expanded into an executive career in a broad spectrum of business and healthcare settings with medium sized and then large Fortune 100 organizations. He was ranked nationally as a High Performer/High Potential Associate for five consecutive years at Fortune 100 Companies. His work history successes have been achieved in administration, management, operations, customer satisfaction and project management/process improvement.

Comfortable in both business and clinical arenas, James is working at a local community hospital as an ER Nurse. His recent dance experience is with Milford Performing Arts include, Nutcracker 2005, and Mid Summer Night’s Dream 2006. He is the owner of Event Planning by J-Angelo.

James is a vibrant and engaging team leader who orchestrates high yielding team output with all levels of personnel throughout an organization or enterprise. He is skilled in fostering win-win outcomes through process improvement, team building and empowerment.
He brings many different areas of expertise to the table with his years of experience and can make your dream event a reality.