SENIOR IT PROJECT & PROGRAM LEADER
I bring clarity to ambiguity, align people around a shared path, and lead enterprise change across higher education, SaaS, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and business operations.
EXPERIENCE ACROSS
HOW I CREATE VALUE
I operate at the intersection of business needs, technology delivery, and human change—giving leaders visibility, helping teams move, and keeping outcomes at the center.
Complex programs from discovery through launch, adoption, and outcomes.
Process mapping, requirements, gap analysis, decisions, and future-state design.
Stakeholder readiness and practical structure that helps change stick.
Trusted collaboration across leaders, business owners, teams, and vendors.
SELECTED IMPACT
Representative work spanning institutional missions, commercial environments, and enterprise-scale change.
ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION
Led cross-functional delivery for Elevate, connecting HR, Finance, IT, and campus stakeholders through planning, governance, testing, and readiness.
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OUTCOME SNAPSHOT
Created structure across planning, testing, decision-making, and stakeholder readiness—helping translate a major HCM transformation into coordinated institutional action.
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PROGRAM LEADERSHIP
Coordinated a multi-year program spanning 330+ learning spaces, vendors, facilities, engineering, networking, and academic stakeholders.
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DELIVERY AT SCALE
Connected schedules, procurement, vendors, engineering, networking, facilities, and academic stakeholders into one visible delivery path for a complex, multi-year modernization program.
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PROCESS TRANSFORMATION
Guided discovery and future-state planning for a longstanding HR, payroll, student, and asset platform.
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MODERNIZATION PATH
Structured discovery across HR, payroll, student, and asset processes—surfacing operational risk, clarifying stakeholder needs, and establishing a practical foundation for modernization.
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STUDENT-CENTERED PROGRAM
Managed a mission-driven education program supporting women pursuing computing pathways, aligning collaborators, operations, participant experience, and outcomes.
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MISSION-DRIVEN IMPACT
Led a mission-driven program supporting minority female high-school students pursuing computer science, aligning collaborators, program operations, participant experience, and shared outcomes.
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COMMERCIAL DELIVERY
Led Workday and enterprise SaaS delivery, technical integrations, Agile transformation, and team coaching across workforce solutions, cloud infrastructure, and identity security.
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COMMERCIAL OUTCOMES
Brought governance and delivery discipline to enterprise systems, cloud, and identity-security work—coordinating integrations, coaching Agile teams, and keeping complex commercial initiatives moving.
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STATEWIDE TECHNOLOGY
Delivered technical project leadership in a complex public-sector ecosystem serving a broad education community.
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PUBLIC-SECTOR DELIVERY
Provided focused technical project leadership within a distributed public higher-education environment, connecting business needs, delivery partners, and technology work across institutional boundaries.
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ABOUT JAMES
I lead complex initiatives by bringing structure to ambiguity, aligning diverse stakeholders, and translating technology investments into meaningful organizational outcomes.
My experience spans higher education, enterprise technology, consulting, and mission-driven organizations. Across each environment, I focus on the same essentials: understanding the real need, creating clarity, building trust, and moving people and work toward a shared result.
LEADERSHIP IN ACTION
Whether presenting program health, facilitating decisions, or guiding a working session, I translate complex information into a clear path forward and create space for teams to engage, question, and align.
HOW I LEAD
My approach is grounded in curiosity, accountability, and partnership. I listen before prescribing, make complexity visible, and help teams move from conversation to delivery.
Learn the people, context, constraints, and definition of success.
Connect stakeholders, decisions, dependencies, and ownership.
Translate strategy into practical plans, governance, and priorities.
Remove barriers, communicate, measure, learn, and adjust.
CAREER EXPERIENCE
My experience spans higher education, enterprise technology, consulting, and mission-driven organizations—bringing a broad perspective to complex transformation initiatives.
Enterprise transformation, Workday HCM, classroom modernization, process improvement, and PMO strategy.
Led a mission-driven program providing mentorship and tutoring for minority female high-school students pursuing computer science.
Technology delivery within a large, distributed, statewide higher-education ecosystem.
Workday HCM and payroll, Highspot, SSO/Okta, cloud infrastructure, Agile coaching, identity governance, and 25+ concurrent security integration projects.
Built an early-career foundation across business analysis, financial services, Smart Grid, healthcare implementation, cybersecurity consulting, and enterprise technology delivery.
PROFESSIONAL FOUNDATION
Before the large transformations came the work of learning the business—asking better questions, understanding the details, and showing up prepared. My earlier experience across financial services, utilities, healthcare, and enterprise technology built the analytical discipline and professional judgment that continue to shape how I lead today.
DECISIONS THROUGH DATA
Strong delivery depends on making the right information visible. I help teams interpret program data, surface risks and trends, and translate what the numbers are saying into practical decisions, shared accountability, and forward movement.
CREDENTIALS
PUBLISHED WORK
Practical guidance for leading complex work.
A three-book project management series created to make complex delivery principles clear, practical, and applicable. The collection translates professional experience into actionable guidance for project leaders navigating ambiguity, execution, and organizational change.
CONTACT
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