James Thomas Email & Phone Number

As an experienced leader with over 35 years of professional IT expertise in higher education, I am passionate about building highly motivated, collaborative, and effective teams across cultural and geographic boundaries. I have a track record of being particularly adept at leading change, problem-solving, and relationship-building. I am motivated by the challenge of resolving seemingly impossible situations.My specialties include building solid trust relationships, inspiring and motivating teams, coaching and mentoring leaders, problem-solving, open-source software, software engineering, enterprise-scale ERP, enterprise application integration, enterprise infrastructure, Platform Engineering, DevOps, cloud strategy, data center operations, customer service, continuous improvement, and leading change.

Listed skills include Leadership, Higher Education, Integration, Project Management, and 12 others.

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  Director, Enterprise Solutions

  Indiana University

  Jul 2022 - Present

  As a seasoned IT professional, I have the privilege of directly overseeing seven teams consisting of 60+ IT professionals. These teams are responsible for supporting enterprise platforms, identity and access management, financial and HR systems, research administration systems, and library systems. These applications and services serve all eight IU campuses, comprised of over 100,000 students and over 20,000 faculty and staff requiring the highest levels of stability, reliability, and quality. Additionally, I manage software and hardware vendor relationships that support software development, middleware, and integration efforts at IU.