Jim's Bio

With 18 years of experience in software development, Jim began his career at Sandia National Labs in Livermore California. There he designed high speed data acquisition systems as well as distributed computing systems. As part of the Enterprise Integration Development Team, Mr. Smith worked to create EIS libraries for a little known language at the time, Java.

Jim was one of the founders of IBM's Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS), a global software services and development organization with a mission to develop, refine, and franchise, advanced technologies and lightweight business processes for IBM. ATS was comprised of development labs, software architects and consultants in all IBM customer regions.

Currently, Jim resides in Apex, North Carolina with his wife, Sue, and three children, is an award winning home brewer, and is an avid photographer.

Education

• Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, University of California, Davis