Michael James serves as the Engineering Manager at Rheem Manufacturing since December 2021, having previously held the positions of Associate Engineering Manager and Senior Project Engineer within the same company. Prior to Rheem, Michael worked at Enercon Services, Inc. as Lead Engineer from May 2017 to December 2021, and contributed to Lockheed Martin as a Systems Engineer from May 2010 to April 2017. Michael's career began at GE Aviation, where the role of Engineer was held from January 2006 to August 2008. Michael holds a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from Southern Methodist University (2013-2015) and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (2005-2010).