James Cusick is a versatile and accomplished global consultant, researcher, author, and Board Member. James offers expertise, technical leadership, and solutions in Software Engineering, Process Engineering, Cybersecurity, IT Service Management, Change Management, and Applied Technologies. James is a frequent author in these technical areas and extends his research into Political Economy and the History of Science.Drawing on extensive and varied experience with AT&T, Bell Laboratories, Columbia University, Dell, and Wolters Kluwer, James delivers value in support of a wide range of opportunities. Through his leadership and technical contributions, including recently as Senior Director IT Strategy and Operations, CISO, Distinguished Engineer, and Adjunct Professor, James consistently delivered and continues to offer thought leadership and meaningful results backed by research, analysis, awards, and dozens of publications. His portfolio of projects includes the planning, development, and implementation of long-range software solutions, IT infrastructure, and ongoing operational models.James is also an interdisciplinary applied researcher and has published over 100 technical articles and papers and multiple recent books on IT. James is a Visiting Associate Researcher at Ritsumeikan University's Department of Electronic Information Engineering in Japan. He also currently serves as a Board Trustee at the Henry George School of Social Science in New York City where he researches topics in Innovation and Economics. Additionally, as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s Department of Computer Science, James taught Software Engineering. Finally, James is an active IEEE Senior Member, IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor, and a PMP (Project Management Professional).Specialties: Leadership, Strategy, Cybersecurity, IT Operations, Software Engineering, Process Engineering, Agile, DevOps, Project Management, Change Management, Software Reliability, Software Performance Engineering, Software Measurement.Technical: C/C++/C#, Java, HTML, SQL, Oracle RDBMS, Windows, UNIX (Linux, Ubuntu, Mint), TCP/IP, MS Office, MS Visio, VisualStudio, SharePoint, ERwin, Qvidian, AppScan, SonarCube, AppDynamics, ServiceNow.Frameworks: SOC, GDPR, NIST CSF, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, ITIL, CMMI, TOGAF, UML, IDEF.