Jim Burden:
Senior Vice-President
The Rim Corporation
E-mail: jburden@rimcorp.com

J im Burden, who co-founded The Rim Corporation in 1983, is the Senior Vice-President of the company. In this position, Jim oversees all new hotel development, construction, and remodeling efforts for all Rim hotels.

 Jim brings over twenty years of construction and project management experience to The Rim Corporation.  His extensive background in construction includes engineer, architect, and subcontractor selection, municipality negotiation and permit securement, supervision of hotel franchise standards requirements, cost and labor controls, underground construction, and all aspects of commercial and industrial construction.

Prior to the co-founding of The Rim Corporation, Jim was a Licensed General Contractor and General Partner of Fourth Leaf Developers. He was also the owner of Custom Wood Designs of Modesto, and a teacher for Modesto City Schools.

A graduate of California State University, Fresno, Jim received a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Arts and Education and a California Lifetime Teaching Credential. Jim is a licensed State of California General Contractor.