Kenda James joins Connor Homes as Business Director
Posted by Holly Kelton on Tue, Jun 09, 2009 @ 05:50 PM
June 9, 2009 - MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT - Connor Homes is pleased to announce that Kenda James has joined the Connor Homes senior management team as Business Director. A graduate from Syracuse University and post graduate MBA work at New York University, Kenda brings with her a wealth of business experience and operational management.
Kenda comes to us most recently from Old Adirondack, Inc. in Willsboro, New York where she served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for the outdoor furniture manufacturer. Prior to that Kenda was the Vice President of Data and Document Management at Bacompt Systems in Carmel, Indiana.
"Kenda is a great fit for Connor Homes, with her mix of experience from a wide variety of disciplines," said Mike Connor, President of Connor Homes.
Earlier on in her career Kenda managed technology for a financial services company, served as head of marketing for an Indianapolis-based brokerage firm, and developed new products for top commercial banks and brokers, including Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and Chemical Bank.
"Connor Homes' focus on manufacturing efficiencies to build authentic colonial style homes was an natural for me. And it's such a great bunch of people, I could overlook the long commute," said James, who typically takes the ferry across Lake Champlain every day.
Kenda is a Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve, specializing in supply chain management and expeditionary logistics. She spent most of 2008 deployed as Commander, Navy Expeditionary Logistics Group Forward in Kuwait and Iraq.
Kenda is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, an honored credential in the manufacturing world. In addition, she is a certified provider of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). In her spare time Kenda serves as a board member for the Northern Forest's Sustainable Forest Futures, is the founder and president of Adirondack Women in History, Inc., and serves on a variety of non-profit boards including the Paine Memorial Free Library in Willsboro, NY and the Essex County Historical Society in New York.
Connor Homes is proud to welcome Kenda James to the team.