PRINCIPAL

PRINCIPAL

Anthony James is a retired Department of State Diplomat Information Technology officer who has over 30 years of information technology experience domestically and overseas, providing IT support to over 256 countries abroad. As the Deputy Director for Information Technology Training, Foreign Service Institute, Anthony was charged with providing computer based training to over 8000 Department of State employees annually. In 2012 Anthony retired as the Deputy Chief Architect, Strategic Planning Office. His assignments included work domestically and U.S. Embassies abroad, leading program administration, management of strategic planning, project management oversight of millions dollars of information technology programs, and implementation within the government (U.S. Department of State).

He served as Regional Technology Officer, Department of State, Bureau of African Affairs, providing leadership and management of over 500 employees domestically and overseas, Executive Regional Information Network Manager, Deputy Director for Technology Training, the School of Applied Information Technology, Department of State, George P. Shultz Foreign Service Institute, Information Technology Manager, U.S. Embassy N'djamena Chad, Operation Manager Foreign Post Telephone Executive Division. Over the course of his career, he demonstrated visionary leadership and team-building skills, recruiting, hiring and leading highly-skilled technical teams in all phases Enterprise Architecture, Project Management, and Information Technology Programs.

Mr. James served as the Department of State's Chief Architect; responsible for overseeing, managing and coordinating the development of the State Department's Enterprise Architecture. These duties include conceptualizing, creating and continuing the evolution and maintenance of the Department's Enterprise Architecture program and collaborating with other government agencies to achieve the same common objectives. Also, Mr. James was the Bureau Technology Officer, with the oversight of 28 Project Managers and a $190 million dollar budget. The IT program manager leads, coordinates, communicates, integrates and is accountable for the overall success of the program, ensuring alignment with critical agency priorities. Was responsible for ensuring the work efforts achieved the outcome specified within the agency's business strategy, including appropriate strategic, life cycle management and capital IT investment plans. Work included project selection, prioritization, evaluation and monitoring, cost schedule management, risk management, quality management and resource allocations.