James Cusick is an applied researcher specializing in Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, History of Science, and Political Economy. Currently James is an Independent IT Consultant based in Japan. James serves as a Board Trustee at the Henry George School of Social Science in New York where he researches Innovation and Economics. Previously James was Senior Director IT Strategy and Operations & Distinguished Engineer with Wolters Kluwer. Earlier James held technical and leadership roles at Dell Professional Services, Bell Laboratories, and AT&T Labs. James was also Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s Department of Computer Science. His publications include over 100 papers and talks and two recent books on Information Technology. James is a graduate of both the University of California at Santa Barbara and Columbia University. He conducted postgraduate studies in the History of Science at NYU Polytechnic. James is a Member of the IEEE Computer Society and a certified PMP (Project Management Professional).