Company Overview

OculusIT Leadership Team

Joe brings almost 25 years of experience building innovative higher education technology services companies. He is a retired USAF officer providing leadership in the areas of space, intelligence, and flight operations. Joe is a collaborative leader known for his passion for building teams focused on customer needs. He previously served as VP of Client Experience at CampusWorks and COO of Dynamic Campus.

Joe Redwine

President

Jim serves as VP, Engagements at OculusIT. His key areas of expertise lie in strategic business development, leadership, customer relationships, and developing global partnerships, mergers & acquisition. As part of OculusIT, Jim helps colleges and universities leverage the latest technologies and reduce their overall operational costs via strategic IT initiatives. Jim was previously with Accenture.

Jim Tandon

Vice President, Engagements

With over 20 years of experience in HigherEd IT, AJ serves the Chief Client Officer at OculusIT and works to drive technological transformation in the higher education institutions in the US and Canada. Prior to joining OculusIT, AJ successfully served as senior technologist for Remote Infrastructure Management Services at Ellucian® and Oracle(r).

Ajit Singh

Chief Client Officer

Vince is an influential Cybersecurity leader and Risk Auditor. He has over 17+ years of diverse experience in Cybersecurity Risk, Governance, Security Frameworks, IT Auditing, Information Security, Data Protection, Disaster Management, Threat Intelligence, Incident Management, and Cyber Operations. As a security practitioner, he is skilled at defining and implementing strategic direction. Vince has proven ability to leverage automation to solve complex business problems, manage risks and deliver a linear process. His areas of expertise include NIST, FERPA, ISMS, GDPR, GLBA, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, CSA STAR, Cloud security, Application security, Data Center management, and automation.

Vince Vargiya

Vice President, Information Security

Teresa has over 32 years of experience in professional information technology, institutional research, project management and senior information technology management. She’s previously worked with Ellucian for over 9 years with key expertise in project management, strategic planning, strong teams building and functional and technical aspects of ERP and connected systems.

Teresa Whidden

Director, ERP Services

With 15+ years of experience in Customer Success, Yohan specializes in strategic planning to strengthen client relationships and boost retention. By maintaining consistent communication, he helps colleges and universities harness cutting-edge technology while reducing operational costs.
He believes that “smart companies know customer loyalty is the most powerful sales and marketing tool they have.

Yohan Singh

Director, Customer Success

Brian has over 20 years of experience providing information technology and information security leadership to a diverse portfolio of industries and institutions.  Specializing in Higher Education, Brian has championed major security and privacy initiatives while helping Colleges and Universities develop and implement Information Security strategies, policies and roadmaps.

Brian Cornell

Chief Information Security Officer

Robin Prakash, a seasoned IT professional with more than 16+ years of experience in IT leadership. As an IT Director specializing in Infrastructure Services, Robin has a proven track record in areas like Infrastructure and Disaster Recovery Management, Compliance and Regulation, and Cloud/Data Center Management. His expertise and commitment have been pivotal in developing effective IT strategies and driving operational excellence within higher education institutions.

Robin Prakash

Director Managed Infrastructure Services

Sam Mukherjee, MBA graduate & PMP certified with 16+ years of experience in program and project management, is a professional who oversees the coordination and monitoring of PMO and Service Delivery at OculusIT. He is a strategic thinker & has successfully handled multiple cloud migration projects. He has a high emotional intelligence that helps in solving problems and understanding the hearts and minds of co-workers.

Sam Mukherjee

Director, ERP-Professional Services