Jim Banach is hearing conservation business development manager for 3M Personal Safety Division. Jim has over 30 years involvement and leadership in noise measurement and hearing conservation. He is a current member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Noise Committee and National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA); past chair of the AIHA Noise Committee; past AIHA representative to Council for the Accreditation of Occupational Hearing Conservationists (CAOHC), including presenter for CAOHC certification and director courses, development of noise measurement curriculum, and past chair; past president of the NHCA; instructor for Professional Development Courses through AIHA and instructor for NHCA’s “Excellence in Hearing Conservation” program.