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J Koontz

Chief Operating Officer at Ketryx

J Koontz has a diverse work experience spanning several industries. From 2022 onwards, they have been working as the Chief Information Officer at Ketryx. Prior to that, from 2015, they served as a Board of Directors member at UC2B, a not-for-profit agency focused on developing fiber-optic broadband networks in the Urbana-Champaign area.

From 2011 to 2022, J Koontz held the position of VP Engineering & Chief Information Officer at Wolfram Research. In this role, they were responsible for managing development bandwidth, recruiting, and product delivery for online products. Additionally, they oversaw the business intelligence group, platform architecture, and 3rd party integration.

Before their time at Wolfram Research, J Koontz worked as an Adjunct Faculty at Parkland College from 2011 to 2021, teaching in their IT department. From 2001 to 2011, they served as the Director of IT Architecture & Engineering at Eastern Illinois University.

J Koontz also has experience working with prestigious organizations such as NASA, where they worked as a Parallel Simulations Programmer (Consultant) in 2002, and Amdocs, where they served as a Technical Consultant in the Voice/Data Switch Interface Group from 1997 to 2001.

Their career started with roles at Project Gutenberg, where they contributed in various capacities from 1993 to 1998, and at Argonne National Laboratory as an STA-Research Assistant from 1994 to 1996.

J Koontz holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Technology from Eastern Illinois University. Prior to that, they completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in an unspecified field of study from the same institution. In 1991-1992, J Koontz pursued studies in Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University. They also obtained an Associate of Applied Science degree in Computer Network Management from Parkland College. The exact duration of their education at Eastern Illinois University and Parkland College is not specified.

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  • Chief Operating Officer

    February 1, 2024 - present

  • Chief Information Officer

    July, 2022