James Arden

James holds a Bachelor of Science in Managerial Finance from the University of Nevada Las Vegas.  He has experience in both the private and public sectors.  James is a native Nevadan and his early career began at a private software company which was later acquired by IBM.  There he worked in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Sales Support, Contract Management and Financial Analysis.  Upon moving back to Reno, NV he worked for the Nevada Department of Transportation.  His duties there included Federal funding of the construction projects, financial reporting, cash forecasting and legislative analysis.  

James joined Swift Communications in May 2011 as a Financial Analyst.  His main job was supporting corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and up-filling for the Finance Director of Sierra Nevada Media Group.  In 2014 James left the Finance Department to gain experience as an operator.  From 2014-2016 he was the General Manager of the Northern Nevada Business Weekly before getting back to his roots in finance, where he served as Finance Director of PressWorks Ink and Nevada County Publishing Company.  

Later on, he was promoted to the Senior Finance Director where he took on additional corporate responsibilities including management of commercial real estate. In March 2020 he was promoted to the Director of Operations Finance and charged with oversight of all the Finance functions for Swift Communications. James now continues in that role for Questor Corp.