Jim Ward biography

James Ward, assistant vice president for research computing, has spent more than 25 years in higher education information technology and provides strategic and operational leadership for the university’s electronic research administration systems. He oversees all aspects of the Research Computing Center and Division of Research Information Systems across the VCU research enterprise. The center provides a central IT hub to support research computing needs, while the division provides oversight of all research administration systems. He provides IT strategic direction and planning for research computing, mentoring and leadership for research computing initiatives, and oversees senior research computing staff, employee growth, and diversity in IT research computing. He is a graduate of VCU and holds a master’s in computer science and an MBA.