James BentonCommercial Sales Manager

Phone: 651-249-3210

 

Title: Commercial Sales Manager

Primary Responsibilities: Commercial Estimating, Job Planning and Crew Handoffs, Customer Relationships

Tenure at CertaPro: Started in 2018

Education: Marquette University

Favorite Food: White castle

Likes: Fishing, 4 Wheeling, Biking, Watching the Vikings (most of the time!), Spending Time with Family, Boardgames

Dislikes: Pickles on Food, Assembling Ikea Furniture, Peas

Interesting Fact/Talent: Through concentration, I can raise and lower my cholesterol at will

Ask me about: My Family

About Me

I was born and raised in the Twin Cities, the second oldest of four siblings. I played every sport under the sun growing up, but really excelled in wrestling when I got into high school. After high school, I was presented with an opportunity to help open and operate a Jimmy John’s franchise down in Houston, TX. After a couple years I moved back to MN temporarily, or it would have been temporary, until I met my amazing wife Alisha one fateful night after a friend locked his keys in his car! Luckily, against her better judgement, she called AAA for us, and the rest is history! I stayed in Minnesota, we got married in December of 2014, a beautiful winter wedding in downtown Saint Paul. I received another opportunity for Jimmy John’s out in Boston shortly after that and we moved to the East Coast for two years. We loved our time spent out there, but ultimately decided to move back after learning we were going to have our first child! I joined CertaPro the same year we welcomed Avery into our family in 2018. We had another girl, Madison, in 2023. We all love getting up to our cabin in Northern Minnesota to spend as much time there as we can!