What Happened?
Hillsboro, MO-based Jefferson College has Appointed James A. Buyea as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Jefferson College is a student-centered comprehensive community college, committed to providing an accessible, quality college experience as it strives to meet the diverse needs of the students and the community. Superior teaching and services foster a supportive learning environment, which promotes intellectual, social, and personal growth. A strong general education curriculum, college transfer and technical programs, personal enrichment courses, and on-campus experiences prepare students to succeed in their careers, further their education, and prosper in a diverse world. Jefferson College’s ongoing assessment of students, programs, and services assures that it is a responsive and progressive community college. Our shared vision for Jefferson College is to become widely recognized as a premier comprehensive community college where student achievement and student success are central to every endeavor. Led by highly qualified college trustees, administrators, faculty, and staff, students master knowledge, skills, competencies, and values in a participative, innovative learning environment. The institution will be a model for enlightened, shared governance and will continue to strive for accreditation with distinction attesting to the excellence of its policies, practices, and services.
About the Person
James Buyea comes to Jefferson from Paul Smith’s College where he has served as vice president of technology services since 2011. In this role, Mr. Buyea was responsible for the strategic planning and implementation of technologies to leverage services for faculty, staff, and students, while enhancing the education of and services to students. Specifically, Mr. Buyea oversaw systems, personnel and network monitoring, managed 30+ servers and 2500+ users in a 24/7 environment, and supervised information technology, networking, audiovisual, cable, telephone, radio, video security and electronic infrastructures. At Paul Smith’s, Mr. Buyea led initiatives that improved network stability by 30% and network speeds by 60%, implemented an in-house student computer support system that reduced student technology issues by over 60% and achieved cost-saving measures of more than $500,000. Prior to his employment at Paul Smith’s, Mr. Buyea spent ten years at Utica School of Commerce as the director of institutional technology (IT) and director of distance education. He was responsible for establishing the IT and distance learning education departments including mission/vision development, the hiring and training of professional staff and online faculty, and development of policies and procedures. During his tenure at Utica School of Commerce, Mr. Buyea led resource planning, budget development and operational initiatives such as IT support, networking, telephone, video, and distance education technologies for three campuses in Utica, Oneonta and Canastota. In the community, Mr. Buyea is a member of the Saranac Lake Chamber of Commerce and has served as technical advisor to the Oneida County Board of Cooperative Educational Services. He is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management. Mr. Buyea holds an associate of applied science degree in business administration from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Morrisville, along with a bachelor of business administration (B.B.A.) and master of science degree in business management/marketing, both from SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome. Mr. Buyea joined Jefferson on October 1, 2013.
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