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Before co-founding The Saylor Group, Inc. in 1994, Jim Saylor had
gathered over 30 years of business experience in the service sector in
both software and hardware.
Jim began
his career in 1964 as an Electronics Technician in the United States Air Force,
serving locations worldwide including South Viet Nam. He has worked for
several major corporations including Data Card Corp., Pertec Corp, EDS and
Sperry Univac and has developed several successful small businesses
specializing in custom programming, hotel management, web design and
hosting and network installation and management. James has attended
over 2000 hours of in-house industry specific training
courses including, the Microsoft MCSE certification training class.
His career has covered a
wide spectrum of training to include training at the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC), on topics including Seaport / Airport Counter Terrorism, which resulted in his lecturing on this subject.
His knowledge on this topic allowed him to develop a fleet-wide security
plan for all Hvide Marine vessels.
Jim’s
recent accomplishments include developing a private international frame-relay
network utilizing more than 30 integrated platforms in 12 locations,
ranging from Saudi Arabia to Lafayette, Louisiana. Included in this
project was a successful implementation of a complete Oracle System
utilized globally.
In addition, his Y2K work resulted in his authoring several Y2K Compliance
Handbooks that became self-directed remediation plans and supplied the
users with all necessary legal and SEC recommendations. Jim is
proficient on most major hardware and software platforms, and has been
directly involved in the development of many components of the computer
industry. Jim reminds us all that "technology is only a tool,
effective management is the solution".
Jim has
been an active proponent of Corporate Volunteerism and a Community Leader. He has served on the Board of Directors of
many community organizations including the “Whitbread Round the World
Race Committee”, “Broward Sheriff’s Office Community Council”, "Broward
Sheriff's Office South
Florida Intelligence Committee", “Volunteer
Broward” and the ” Port Everglades Emergency Planning Committee”. His leadership roll in these activities resulted in his authoring
handbooks and guidelines for the administration of Emergency Actions Plans
that are still in use today.
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