John has held positions of leadership in information technology for more than ten years. Prior to TIMCO, he served in various technical and leadership roles at Alltel, Acterna (now JDSU) and SecureWorks.  John has deep experience in the management of technical teams and specializes in software development and systems administration.  At TIMCO, he leads a cross-functional team of developers, business analysts and system administrators and is particularly focused on leveraging open source technologies to gain competitive advantage.  John holds an M.B.A. from the University of Mississippi and a B.A. in Communications from Morehead State University.