Jim Eckel currently serves as the Customer Technical Services Manager at Genera since December 2023. Prior experience includes roles in packaging engineering and management, such as Senior Packaging Technologist at Maple Leaf Foods Inc and Senior Packaging Engineer at Greenleaf Foods, among others, extending back to Procter & Gamble. Alongside engineering expertise, Jim Eckel holds AASI Level 2 Snowboard Instructor Certification and Level 1 Freestyle Specialist Certification from work as a snowboard instructor at Perfect North Slopes. Jim Eckel is pursuing a Project Management Certificate at the University of Colorado Boulder, having previously earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati in June 1992.