Information Technology Strategist
Successful Tech Business Owner and Information Technology Leader
Jim provides consulting services to Beckage and its clients on a variety of information technology matters.
Jim’s extensive technology tenure includes serving as Director of Information Technology at the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education and School of Information and Library Science, and as Director of Email Services and Technical Lead with Synacor, Inc., and Vice President of Internet Services for ChoiceOne Online. Jim has worked with some of the region’s largest health care and financial institutions.
Throughout his career, Jim has also been committed to technology education, currently serving as adjunct faculty in the Computing and Information Systems Department at Buffalo State College and at the University at Buffalo’s Millard Fillmore College.
Respected speaker and trainer
Infotech Western New York "Digital Don" award (2001)
Computer Science for High School Teachers
St. Joseph Collegiate Institute
WNY Library Resource Council
WNYSTEM Girls Coding Project
Adjunct Faculty, University at Buffalo, Computational and Data Science
Adjunct Faculty, Buffalo State College, Computer Information Systems
WNY Computer Science Teachers Association (WNYCSTA)
Computer Science For All
State University of New York at Buffalo, M.L.S., 1995
State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., Computer Science, 1986