H. James Dallas

H. James Dallas has served as an independent consultant focusing on information technology, risk and change management strategy through James Dallas & Associates since September 2013. Prior to founding his own consulting firm, Mr. Dallas served as senior vice president of quality and operations at Medtronic, Inc., a global medical technology company. Dallas, who joined Medtronic in 2006, previously served as the company’s senior vice president and chief information officer. Before joining Medtronic, he served with Georgia-Pacific Corporation, a pulp and paper company for 22 years, where he held a series of positions of increasing responsibility in operations and information technology, ending as vice president and chief information officer.

Mr. Dallas has a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of South Carolina-Aiken and an MBA from Emory University. He is also a member of the board of directors of Wellcare, a publicly held health insurance company; Strategic Education, Inc., an online post-secondary education services company; Grady Memorial hospital, a nonprofit hospital system in Atlanta; and the Atlanta Community Food Bank.