Samantha James is a Data Management Specialist in the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, where she supports the unit by managing data projects, processes, and protocols to ensure integrity, security, reliability, and efficiency. Her responsibilities include longer term data projects, managing business operations, and unit portfolio management for ad hoc request, institutional reporting, and projects.
Samantha James has over 18 years at Georgia Tech in both academic and research unit operations, with the last four years in Institutional Research. Before joining IRP, she occupied roles in Sponsored Post Award Administration, Accounting, Administrative Support, and Student Human Resources. In these roles, she trained, advocated, and analyzed procedures, voicing techniques to increase process productivity. She assisted in the development and tactical implementation of administrative improvement, financial strategy, and department-wide trainings to incorporate efficiency and consistency among those tasks to facilitate better organizational practices. She is now an active contributor to the Institutional Research field through volunteering efforts on professional committees, presenting sessions at professional gatherings, and being a resource where and when needed to colleagues nationwide.
Samantha has a Finance BSB, MBA, and PMP Certification. Samantha’s greatest qualities, per Gallup–CliftonStrengths, is she is analytic, consistent, disciplined, productive, and promotes harmony in her surroundings. In her free time, she likes to participate in activities that promote health and physical fitness, encourage mental and spiritual well-being, as well as spend time with friends and family.
