Company Overview

Joe brings over 20 years of experience building innovative higher education technology services companies. Joe was previously VP of Client Experience at CampusWorks and ran Ellucian’s corporate IT for many years. He is a collaborative leader known for his passion for building formidable teams framed by a cooperative and trusting culture focused on customer needs.

Jim serves as VP, Engagements at OculusIT. His key areas of expertise lie in strategic business development, leadership, customer relationships, and developing global partnerships, mergers & acquisition. As part of OculusIT, Jim helps colleges and universities leverage the latest technologies and reduce their overall operational costs via strategic IT initiatives. Jim was previously with Accenture.

Damon has over 20 years of experience in technology operations and management. As VP, Operations at OculusIT, he is responsible for developing and executing a global operations strategy in the company’s support functions, product and service delivery, customer billing, information technology, and global procurement. Damon held technical management roles at Concentrix, CSC and Navisite.

Teresa has over 30 years of experience in professional information technology, institutional research, project management and senior information technology management. She’s previously worked with Ellucian for over 9 years with key expertise in project management, strategic planning, strong teams building and functional and technical aspects of ERP and connected systems.

Vince has over 14 years of experience in Cyber Security and Risk Governance. He is an influential leader and risk auditor. As a security practitioner, he is skilled at defining and implementing strategic direction. His areas of expertise include ISMS, GDPR, GLBA, PCI-DSS, NIST, BCP, PIMS, cyber security, cloud security, application security, data center management, and automation.

With over 15 years of CS experience, Yohan is focused on strategic planning to drive customer relationships and retention. Through regular touchpoints and monthly executive connects, he helps colleges and universities leverage the latest technologies and reduce their overall operational. According to him, “Smart companies have realized that customer loyalty is the most powerful sales and marketing tool in today’s world”.

As the Director of Banner® Services, Phil oversees the Banner® team on multiple projects, providing clients with DBA support for Oracle 10g, Oracle 11g and Oracle 12c databases on both Unix and Windows. Previously, he worked with Ellucian and led a team of consultants for installation, upgrades, training and maintenance of Ellucian ERP products to clients.

Steve is an IT and information security expert with 20+ years of experience in designing and configuring network solutions, implementing technologies within complex IT environments, managing enterprise-level IT services, formulating information security governance strategies, and leading remediation efforts in response to significant data compromises.

Christine is an experienced Information Security Director with a demonstrated history across variety of industries with most recent emphasis in the pharmaceuticals industry. She’s skilled in Privacy Law, ITIL, Policy development, Access Management, Risk Management, Malware Protection and e-Discovery.

Karl is an Information Technology administrator, educator and researcher with proficiency in strategic planning, policy development and project management. He has experience in technology, business, teaching, research and publishing. His professional career includes work for U.S. and international companies and experience in higher education and non-profit sectors.

Dr. Clarke oversees the management of the university’s network and communications infrastructure, ERP system , Academic Information Technology, and other Information Technology services that support all levels of research, learning, and teaching. Dr. Clarke serves as the Chair of the Alabama Higher Education CIO (HE-CIO) Council.

Robert, with over 35 years of experience in higher education IT, assists college leadership with direction and implementation of technology solutions to achieve strategic objectives, develop the IT Strategic Plan and Tactical Plans, and supervises the IT team with focus on customer service and quality assurance.

Jesse brings 17 years of experience in data center support, disaster planning and recovery, network services, IT security, network devices, server administration, infrastructure design and management, and effective technology solutions. At RSCCD, he supervises the coordination of network and district activities with campus academic technology staff and facility master planning.