Working as a sales and project manager liaison between customers or resellers and the HVE team. Oversees development of all hardware builds and standardizations. Developing new business and ensuring customer projects are delivered on time and in budget.

Responsible for the day-to-day operations and ensure projects meet the SnapServer quality and are delivered on time. Also responsible marketing which includes building the website, social media, and digital collateral.

Working with education, healthcare, and commercial industries through various resellers to assist companies to move from traditional infrastructures, storage systems, and desktop environments to a virtual solution or VDI solution. HVE provides competitive priced, high performance storage and server-based systems along with virtualization software like VMWare and HyperV. The converged solution of HVE allows companies to reduce IT costs, support time, and extend the life of equipment.

Designed, managed, and implemented technology-based projects and initiatives for the district which includes, but is not limited to data, voice, video, and wireless technologies. Responsible for technology budgets, grants, and purchases. Twelve years of management experience of the Technology Department.* Co-founder of the Mississippi Educational Technology Leaders Association (METLA)* Designed strategic and technology plans for educational success* Created and authored board policies and district procedures for best practices and safety* Presented at statewide and national conferences on new technologies and integration* 6-years successful funding of E-rate funds including Priority 2 funding requests for equipment* Successfully implemented numerous technology bids and procurements in compliance with Mississippi procurement laws and regulations* Trained in public speaking“I provided the educational perspective of using technology for administrative purposes and for advancement of student achievement. James provided the expertise to get the technology plan in place and implemented… James is extremely intelligent. He has energy plus. I found him to run with the ball each and every time I threw it his way. I have full confidence that he can accomplish what is needed in any business environment” Tressie S. Harper, Former Superintendent of Moss Point“Your professionalism and dedication to working with the many voices that communicated their input could not have been easy. There were many challenging moments and indecisiveness that required a certain type of characteristic. Your calm and pleasant personality was always constant and never waiving. You stayed focused on the main vision of making Moss Point technologically savvy as your team continued to work through the endless problems.” Aneice R. Liddell, Former Mayor of the City of Moss Point

Supported all LAN/WAN services for the 45+ sites of the district, additionally providing tier 2 support to technicians

Supported all IT equipment for the various departments (courts, probation, pretrial, and bankruptcy)

Supported all IT equipment for the 105+ school sites