About Jim
Jim Simpson is a writer with decades of professional experience in publishing and marketing. He uses his unslakable curiosity, journalistic experience and love of research to help food and beverage industry workers nationwide adhere to the latest state regulations on safe food handling and responsible serving practices.
Originally from Florida, he studied communications and media while working in the editorial department of a national business law publisher. Jim later moved to Atlanta, Georgia, to study graphic arts and journalism.
Throughout a long and varied career, Jim has worked as a graphic artist, e-commerce marketing writer, copy editor and newspaper and magazine staff writer, covering everything from local government and business to digital technology and the arts.
He has written for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Asheville Citizen-Times, the Gwinnett Daily Post and Gwinnett Magazine. His writing has also appeared in Restaurant Technology News, covering HR data integration and fraud prevention in the restaurant industry.