Director of Technology
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Director of Technology at Theater Wit
- Past
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- Director of IT at Pivot Point International
- Director at Bailiwick Rep
- Manager of Information Technology Operations at American Society for Clinical Pathology
- Manager of Information Technology Operations at ASCP
- Manager of Information Techology at Am Society for Clinical Pathology
- Assistant Director of Information Technology at Northwestern University
- IT Manager at J. Brown & Associates
- Manager of Computer Systems at J. Brown LMC Group
- Education
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- Northwestern University
- New Trier
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James Pelton’s Summary
Creative technology director with the demonstrated ability to get things done. A special combination of people skills, technology, project management and communications. Fully competent in the technical and business expertise necessary to analyze and solve complex problems. Demonstrated experience in managing multiple cross-function projects while getting the very most out of staff. Extensive experience in people management, project management, e-Commerce development, web UI development, systems migration, solution implementations, Microsoft conversions, and process improvement.
James Pelton’s Specialties:
eCommerce, Content Management, Web Development
James Pelton’s Experience
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Director of Technology
Theater Wit
(Entertainment industry)
2008 — Present (less than a year)
Multi-site, non-profit arts institution
Direct, with full accountability, all aspects of strategic and operational technology planning.
• Deployed multi site WAN integrating locations on the north side, two of which without existing infrastructure.
• Built point-to-point 802.11 network on custom directional antennae at each location, saving thousands of dollars.
• Deployed Active Directory domain, with customized schema, allowing for direct Mac OSX authentication.
• Deployed MS Exchange Server 2003, with additional MX failover, the latter built on Unix and spare hardware for additional savings. -
Director of IT
Pivot Point International
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)
2004 — 2007 (3 years)
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Director
Bailiwick Rep
(E-Learning industry)
1992 — 2005 (13 years)
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Manager of Information Technology Operations
American Society for Clinical Pathology
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years)
Three teams reported to me: Web Development, Help Desk, and Network Administration.
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Manager of Information Technology Operations
ASCP
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years)
Three teams reported to me: Web Development, Help Desk, and Network Administration.
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Manager of Information Techology
Am Society for Clinical Pathology
(Online Media industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years)
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Assistant Director of Information Technology
Northwestern University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years)
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IT Manager
J. Brown & Associates
(E-Learning industry)
1994 — 1999 (5 years)
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Manager of Computer Systems
J. Brown LMC Group
(Online Media industry)
1994 — 1999 (5 years)
James Pelton’s Education
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Northwestern University
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New Trier
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James Pelton’s Interests:
In my spare time, once a year or so, I direct plays. I'm currently the Producing Manager of Theater Wit, http://www.theaterwit.com. I am also very interested in fine art digital photography, particular quad and hextone inkjet systems.
James Pelton’s Groups:
Theater Wit, Chicago
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