CMTC Leadership Team

James Watson is the CEO and President of CMTC.  He started at CMTC in 1999 as Vice President of Business Development and transitioned to the position of Vice President of Operations in 2001, which he held for the past 10 years until he assumed his role as CEO in 2011. 

Mr. Watson has extensive experience in developing and leveraging public/private partnerships to expand both outreach and services to assist Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers (SMMs). He is founding member of the California Network for Manufacturing Innovation (CNMI), a partnership designed to foster innovation and facilitate the transfer of technologies to SMMs.

With over 30 years of management experience in areas of strategic planning, operations management, organizational design, sales and marketing and cultural alignment, Mr. Watson brings a wide range of knowledge to his position as President and CEO. He started his career with Western Airlines advancing to Vice President Passenger and Cargo Sales and then was Vice President and General Manager of SuperShuttleInternational before moving to Anchor Audio as the Vice President of Sales and General Manager Europe.

Mr. Watson holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from California State University, Northridge.

Patrick Billiter brings over 20 years of experience as a pro-active and results-oriented executive leader to CMTC and its California’s Manufacturing Network. His diverse background includes positions with Fortune 500 companies in the financial services, computer hardware and quick service restaurant industries. Patrick’s expertise in identifying technologies and systems that continuously improve service and collaboration helps to advance CMTC and its California’s Manufacturing Network’s expansion in serving more than 1,100 small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) annually.

Mr. Billiter earned a Master of Accounting degree from the University of California, Irvine; Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership and  Master of Business Administration degrees from Pepperdine University; and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of California, Riverside.

Doug Garnee is the Director of Human Resources & Administration and Recruitment for CMTC. Mr. Garnee started with CMTC in 2002 as Director of Human Resources.

With over 40 years of management experience in the areas of Human Resources and Recruitment, Operations Management, Training and Compensation he is a valuable leader for CMTC employees. He is leading CMTC’s newest Recruitment effort, focusing on CMTC’s client’s workforce selection needs.

Mr. Garnee started his career in Personnel while serving in the US Army during the Vietnam era. Moving from the military to Southwest Leasing & Rental, Inc. as Manager of Personnel; advancing within his 20 year tenure to the position of Director of Operations & Human Resources. He moved to the consulting firm of Primary Management Services as Vice President, to co-manage the program-level management of the $9B Northridge earthquake recovery project for Los Angeles County. Upon completion of this project, he moved to Spherion Outsourcing as National Director of Workforce Selection, building a team of 100+ recruitment specialists and managers to serve the Human Capital needs of Fortune 100 companies.

Mr. Garnee holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture, graduating with honors, from California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA.