James Short: Data Analytics, Visualization, Integration, & Systems Expert

Data. What is it? Where does it reside? How is it organized, and who has access to it? 

Answers to these questions allow organizations to transform data into information, and with information comes knowledge and the ability to make timely (and better) decisions. One part artist and two parts technician is an apt description of who James Bernard Short is. Providing results-oriented solutions around data analytics and software design delivered on time and within budget is what he does. 

When James was a young boy, his mother bought him a sketch pad and pencils so he’d stop drawing inside her book covers and on the walls. The child’s love for drawing and painting never abated, but out of that early affinity for creating beautiful things grew a passion for design, architecture,  and construction.  

Instead of designing buildings and homes, James today builds models and data warehouse platforms. A twist of fate and early pressure to declare a major pushed him slightly off the ‘creative’ path down one littered with equations and software engineering principles.  

For the past thirty-five-plus years, James has delivered relevant solutions across multiple technologies and industries, including the Texas Department of Health, CNA Insurance, and UnitedHealth Group. Data is his core competency. Analysis of requirements, construction of an ETL Framework, and Data Architecture are the building blocks employed to answer those sometimes-elusive questions about an organization’s critical data.