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.

Bernard brings over 30 years of experience leading state-of-the-art operations and technical support teams in Fortune 100 companies (including Technology sectors, Logistics/Airlines, Manufacturing, Media, Healthcare, and Higher Education). He is an ITIL certified leader, program manager, and a SME in improving end user experience, talent development, vendor management process design.

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”.

Shruti is an experienced leader in corporate talent management with predominant work experience in the HR functions in various corporates within India and USA. Her areas of expertise include formulating corporate policies/programs, HR business partnerships, office administration, talent acquisition, and performance management.

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.

With more than 14 years of experience in the IT industry, AJ is the Chief Client Officer at OculusIT and works to drive technological transformation in the higher education institutions in the US and Canada. Prior to joining OculusIT, he successfully served as the senior technologist for Remote Infrastructure Management Services at Ellucian®.

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.

Tej, with over 15 years in managing and providing value add state-of-the-art IT services, enhanced customer satisfaction, problem solving, and management skills while building respect and credibility for all IT services.

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.