JAMES V.

MEAD
109 Pine Glen Drive * East Greenwich, RI, 02818
Cell: 401-743-0702 * Home: 401-398-0572 * jmf024a6@westpost.net

PHD, EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION | INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Innovative academic professional with a keen aptitude for technology, strong bus
iness sense, and extensive primary, secondary, and higher education experience i
n multiple countries (the US, USSR, UK, and Zimbabwe). Exceptional ability to bu
ild stakeholder consensus; lead and mentor students, faculty, and staff; and des
ign and implement appropriate, cost-effective solutions that improve productivit
y and efficiency. Dual British and American citizenship.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Teaching Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Levels * Grant Writing * Policy Developme
nt & Evaluation * Training Development * Quantitative & Qualitative data analysi
s * Staff Management * System Analysis, Design & Installation * Strategic Plann
ing * Technology Evaluation & Deployment * Database Design * Case Study Writing
*

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PRINCIPAL, JVMEAD CONSULTING
Rhode Island based consulting company specializing in grant writing, creating ap
propriate metrics and action research for schools and technology implementation
for educational institutions.
DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLS SCHOOL, Cambridge, MA, 1999
to 2009
Nationally recognized private day school with nearly 1,000 students in pre-kinde
rgarten through grade 12, with four Cambridge-area campuses, 200+ employees, and
an annual budget of $35 million
Established the school's technology department, transitioning from an initial pa
rt-time "staff" of four technically gifted teachers who volunteered their time t
o 12 employees and a $1.5 million annual IT budget. Responsible for providing fl
exible and scalable technology solutions to meet the educational and administrat
ive needs of students, faculty, and non-teaching staff on four campuses. Evaluat
e, purchase, install, and maintain hardware, software, and systems; develop and
implement processes, procedures, and policies.
* Led and implemented thoughtful technology implementation in various teacher pr
ofessional development programs and processes.
* Improved operational efficiency by designing the school's first comprehensive
student database; introduced and gained consensus for the four-year project that
now provides student-related information retrieval and data entry on all campus
es.
* Increased information technology reliability and functionality by building a h
ighly scalable network environment
* Ensured careful, deliberate, and growth-oriented IT budget management by imple
menting an information technology strategic planning process that aligns with th
e school's academic mission and operating needs.
* Enhanced student and staff satisfaction by establishing a Help and Support sys
tem to assure timely response to trouble tickets and help requests, the process
adopted and scaled to other school departments.
DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, CHAPEL-HILL CHAUNCY HALL SCHOOL, Waltham, MA, 1997 to 19
99
Private boarding school with 300 domestic and international high school students
and 60-person staff
Implemented the student information system. Provided administrative and technolo
gy oversight for campus serving high-risk students. Directed network operations;
taught classes as needed; supervised one part-time desktop support person and v
olunteer staff of vendors, students, and parents. Administered annual budget tha
t ranged from $200,000 to $500,000.
HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE, 1996 TO 2000
Massachusetts state graduate education department teaching one section of resear
ch methods classes to working teachers
* Awarded Adjunct Associate Graduate Faculty Status

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

* SENIOR POLICY ANALYST, Chicago Panel on School Policy, Chicago, MA
* ADMINISTRATOR & SYSTEMS ANALYST, National Center for Research on Teacher Educa
tion, Lansing, MI
* HEAD OF A-V AND SCIENCE\EARTH SCIENCE TEACHER, Knox School, Long Island, NY
* HEAD OF DEPARTMENT & SENIOR MASTER, Hamilton Boys School, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
* KINDERGARTEN & GRADE 6 TEACHER, Anglo-American School, Moscow, USSR
* PRIMARY TEACHER, Inner London Education Authority, London, UK
TECHNICAL SKILLS
* Statistic software packages (SPSS, Minitab) *Adobe Acrobat * Windows NT/2000/2
003/2008 * TCP\IP * PBX Systems * Various Database Software Products (SQL, Oracl
e, FileMaker, Altova XML Spy Suite) * AV & Classroom Technologies * Interviewing
& Protocol Creation
EDUCATION
PhD, Educational Administration K-12, Michigan State University, Lansing MI
MEd, Educational Administration K-12, Michigan State University, Lansing MI
BEd, Education & Geography (Advanced Geography Certificate), University of Londo
n, Eltham, London, UK
Certificates in Instructional Technology South Thames College, London, UK
AFFILIATIONS
Member, International Society for Technology in Education
Member, Consortium for School Networking
Member, New England Association of Schools and Colleges Visiting Teams
Member, aWizardsa a New England Private School Technology Group
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society
Phi Delta Kappa