About Me

I’m Jim — a dreamer, a husband, a father, a veteran, and, these days, an executive working at the intersection of trust and technology. My path has never been a straight line, but every turn has taught me something worth carrying forward.

I spent over twenty years in uniform, starting as an enlisted soldier and rising through the ranks with two Bronze Star Medals along the way. Some of the most formative years of my career were spent serving as Inspector General at NETCOM, where I learned firsthand how much integrity, discretion, and care it takes to hold an organization accountable to itself. That experience shaped how I think about leadership, and it’s still the lens I bring to everything I do.

Since retiring from active service, I chose to continue my career as a civilian. Today, I serve as a Senior Inspector General, Chief of the Technical Inspections Division, and Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer for the U.S. Army Inspector General Agency (USAIGA). In these roles, I help guide not only the Army but the broader Department of War in responsibly adopting artificial intelligence. I authored and now maintain the Army IG policy that cleared the enterprise to field AI tools, work that sits right where I am most useful: translating emerging technology into something an institution built on trust can actually stand behind.

I also like building things. Whether it’s the Army IG Mentor (an AI persona and mentor that leads IG through difficult research and decisions), GEMA (a ghost email authoring tool), Army Slidev (a web-based slide development tool), or NotifWhen (a tool that standardizes inspection notification memos), I find real satisfaction in making practical, unglamorous tools that save people time and make good work a little easier to do.

Outside of work, I am still learning to be the best husband and father I can be, and I try not to let the demands of leadership crowd out the people I am doing it all for. I am also an avid reader. You will find a running shelf of what I am currently working through over in the library, along with an open invitation to read along.

If any of this resonates, whether it is AI policy, being an Inspector General, leadership, or just a good book recommendation, I would love to hear from you. The door is always open, so do not hesitate to reach out.