Since July 1, 2012, Jim Ballowe has held the role of Chief Technical Officer at Comprehensive Technical Group – in that capacity, Jim helps clients achieve economies of scale with managed services, converged infrastructure and optimized workflow via targeted implementation of key Information Technology (IT) solutions.
Jim co-founded Sound Enterprises in 2001 to bring fortune 500 infrastructure and best practices to the SMB marketplace. By leveraging considerable experience in operations, network management, enterprise architecture, web services and security best practices, Jim has helped many small and mid- marktet businesses thrive by keeping them ahead of the proverbial curve as well as their competition.
Prior to founding Sound Enterprises, Jim Ballowe held the role of CIO at Enterpulse, an enterprise web portal consultancy based in Atlanta. During that tenure, Jim simultaneously managed the IT supporting both the company’s 250 internal employees as well as dozens of Fortune 500 clients, in the process turning IT into a profitable center for Enterpulse. Jim was fortunate to have the opportunity to architect security, network infrastructure & portal solutions for entities such as Visa, Albertsons, Cox Communications, TBS, Hearst Interactive Media, Global Payments, Cingular, TMobile, The State of Florida and many similar entities with complex & robust infrastructure requirements.
Earlier experience managing staff, systems and process while at Lucent, Hewlett-Packard and Digital Equipment Corporation taught Jim that strategy should inform process, process should drive the business, and technology should serve to enable and/or accelerate achievement of business goals. While at DEC & HP, Jim built, managed and worked in Premier Enterprise support teams that managed WAN, LAN & Systems for large entities such as Ford, Alcoa, GM, Lego and many others, providing Enterprise Architecture Consulting and detailed technical expertise with an inherent sense of how to build good workflow for large-scale operations as well as the value of high signal-to-noise monitoring. All ofthat experience translates into his experience makes it possible for Jim to help SMB clients build truly Sound Enterprises.
Jim is a graduate of Vanderbilt University where he received his bachelor’s of fine arts degree in Economics and English. Additionally, Jim is certified as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), is a CheckPoint Certified Security Engineer (CCSE), earned the CISSP in 2003, has attained Cisco Certified Network, Security & Design Professional status (CCNP, CCSP & CCDP) with Wireless & Security specialization & is a Sun Certified Solaris Administrator (SCSA) and has been a member of Vistage since 2008.
