Jim Hendrix has been with Control Southern (Emerson's Local Business Partner in Atlanta) for 19 years. During his career with Control Southern Jim has served in several account management and sales leadership roles for Valves, Regulators, Systems & Solutions and Asset Optimization. He is currently Vice President of Asset Optimization & Process Systems Solutions.

Jim serves on the board of directors of the Georgia Tech Pulp & Paper Foundation and is an officer of the Paper Industry Management Association (PIMA). He began his career as a process control engineer for Simons-Eastern Engineering in Atlanta and holds a bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology.