Being an Entrepreneur
- by Jim Mathers
Jim Mathers went to the Naval Academy, where he studied Nuclear engineering. During his years in the Navy, he went on tours of duty under the ice and Polar Ice caps. Some of the places that he went to on ship or submarine are the North Pole, near Scotland, in the Mediterranean, the South Atlantic as well as the Panama Canal. He also went through the Pacific from San Francisco to Burlington, Washington. As a result of his Navy experience, Jim became a licensed engineer in the state of Maryland in 1989.
After his travels around the world in a submarine, Jim worked for Booz, Allen and Hamilton as an engineering consultant.
“I then worked as a liaison-engineer for the Naval Sea Systems Command in the Trident Submarine new construction division. My sales and marketing career was launched when I took over management of the East Coast Promotions in Northern Virginia”. Jim spent three years with East Coast Promotions and managed salesman by perfecting their sales skills.
After this, Jim Mathers spent 7 years, as the Executive Director, managing a large chiropractic firm near Seattle.
“Twelve years ago, I had the opportunity to start a business in Clearwater, FL, and I decided to move here with my wife. I started Consumer Energy Solutions and Customer Acquisition Specialists of America with Patrick Clouden at that time”.
Consumer Energy Solutions was founded in 1998 and has enrolled over 2 million residential and 200,000 commercial customers across the United States and Canada. The mission of the company is to help clients manage their energy costs and add to their bottom lines through effective energy purchasing strategies. “We represent some of the largest energy suppliers in North America and have serviced many Fortune 500 companies.” CES finds the energy suppliers with the best track record of savings, price protection and reliability.
“Our purpose is to empower businesses with the information they need to make intelligent energy buying decisions.”
Jim Mathers and his partner, Patrick Clouden, at the Grand Opening of their new office
Customer Acquisition Specialists of America was founded in 1998 and offers customer acquisition programs and services for residential, commercial and industrial customers. “The company’s reputation has been built on its ability to sell gas and electricity in volume while at the same time ensuring that it protects your brand. All of its training, marketing, sales, automation, and customer service programs are built around this goal.”
Jim has since then, been the president of both companies. “I also started Property Acquisition Specialists; we are a property investment company.”