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Biography

Northeastern Illinois University - Computer Science

Acting co-CIO at Northeastern Illinois University
Information Technology & Services
Jim
Thompson
Greater Chicago Area
Specialties: Server and storage infrastructure design and strategy.
Unix, Solaris and Linux
Virtualization and cloud computing
Contract negotiation and management
Project management for software and infrastructure (PMP)
Software development - C, various scripting languages

Experience

  • Northeastern Illinois University

    Director, Systems Management and Network Group

    Responsible for data centers, server infrastructure and systems staff for all of NEIU's campuses.

  • Northeastern Illinois University

    Adjunct Faculty

    Courses taught include:
    CS-319 Introduction to Software Engineering
    CS-334 Open Source Systems
    CS-361 Secure Programming and Testing
    CS-401 Software Engineering (MS)

  • Northeastern Illinois University

    Acting co-CIO

    Recognized for improved internal communication and collaboration among the university's technology staff of 70. Applied project management techniques to initiate and drive communication of department capacity and capabilities to university leadership. Maintained SLAs, retained key staff, and provided predictable delivery of new services despite layoffs incurred during declining enrollment and reduced state funding. Opened a new campus and data center, migrated services to SaaS and IaaS environments.

  • Motorola

    IT Manager

    James worked at Motorola as a IT Manager

  • Chicago Sun-Times

    Web Infrastructure Manager

    Managed staff responsible for the Chicago Sun Times web site and infrastructure.
    Project manager for data center and facility consolidation.

  • American Bar Association

    Director, Technology and Infrastructure

    Server consolidation
    Server virtualization
    Storage technology refresh
    Storage virtualization
    Service outsourcing

Education

  • DePaul University

    MS

    Computer Science
    Member ACM, IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, C-Spin, PMI

  • Carthage College

    BA

    Natural Sciences, Physics

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CS 334

3.5(2)

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CS 361

3(1)

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CS 308

1(1)

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