James Watts

James Watts is the Vice President of Information Technology for Valencia Hotel Group. He is responsible for planning and overseeing the Technology future for the organization, as well as the implementation and maintenance of current systems. He has helped to oversee various successful projects from hotel renovations, Low voltage infrastructure designing, migration to the cloud via Tier 2 Datacenters helping to streamline and creating efficiency for the company's data and Hotel properties. He works hand in hand with the CFO, Development, and Hotel Operations teams to coordinate the success of a portfolio of award-winning boutique hotels.

Mr. Watts joined Valencia Hotel Group in August 2006. Prior, he headed up a Network Operations Center at FSN (NewsCorp) Master Control, taught Electronics and Networking classes at MTI College of Business and Technology, and was part of the Energy Systems Division, Power and Propulsion (EP) team at Johnson Space Center. He was a founding instructor at GenesysWorks (nonprofit), as well as currently a Technology Board member of Ronald McDonald House, Houston.

Mr. Watts holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston. He also has various field certifications such as MCSE, MCSA, MCDBA, MCP, and Network +.