S. James Owen

S. James Owen has a diverse work experience spanning different industries and roles. S. James currently serves as a Services Engagement Director at Ecosys at Hexagon since 2018. Prior to that, they worked at Ecosys as a Senior Project Manager starting in 2016.

Before joining Ecosys, Owen held the position of Senior Project Manager at Halliburton from 2013 onwards. In this role, they managed concurrent projects through Phase Gate PMO process, including software development, SAP integration, process re-engineering, SaaS implementation, RFP projects, and hardware upgrades. S. James was responsible for negotiating scope, schedule, issues/risks, communications, and budget with stakeholders and delivery teams, as well as proactively managing roadblocks and risks across teams to meet project milestones and business objectives.

From 2011 to 2012, Owen worked as a Program Manager at Baker Hughes. Prior to that, they served as a Senior Project Manager at Litton from 2008 to 2011. In this role, they demonstrated extensive product and project knowledge in the mortgage prime/subprime market, successfully meeting deadlines and staying under budget. S. James also developed the IT department project execution methodology.

Owen started their career at RealEC Technologies in 2006 as a Software Development Manager, where they managed a technical team and designed multi-threaded .Net applications. From 2004 to 2006, they worked as a Manager at SugarLandPC, where they oversaw the internal hardware infrastructure and managed .NET website development.

In their early career, Owen served as the Director of Software Development at Configuresoft from 2000 to 2004. S. James joined as a Project Manager and was subsequently promoted to Director of Development within 10 months. During their tenure, they grew the department from 5 to over 40 software and QA engineers and implemented processes to facilitate the growth of development teams, ensuring productivity and product quality.

From 1986 to 1988, S. James Owen attended the University of Houston. However, no specific degree or field of study information is available for this period.