James L. Griggs Jr.
Vice President, CIO and CTO
AFCEA International

Jim Griggs joined the AFCEA staff as the IT Director in 2003 bringing with him more than 15 years of experience in the Information Technology field. Since then he has taken on the CIO/CTO roles heading up both day to day AFCEA International IT operations as well as leading outreach efforts to the National Security IT community.

He is the chief liaison to the AFCEA Technology Committee, an all volunteer group of senior industry and government technology leaders, which among other things drives the program for AFCEA's SOLUTIONS Series events, and selects recipients for the annual AFCEA technology awards program.

Mr. Griggs came to AFCEA from Respond.com where, as employee number 3, he served from 1999-2003 in several roles including IT Director, Functional Software Designer, and Lead Software Developer. During his tenure the Respond.com IT systems grew to routinely handle several hundred thousand unique website visitors daily. A survivor of the 2000 internet shakeout, Respond.com remains a cash flow positive business today.

Prior to his stint in the .com arena Mr. Griggs worked for PRC (Now Northrop Grumman) for several years as a Senior Functional Analyst in their public safety division. He joined PRC after starting his career working for the Fairfax County Police in their Public Safety Communications Center.

Mr. Griggs has a BS in Criminal Justice from George Mason University, and holds several commercial and government IT certifications.

The son of a career Army Intelligence officer, Mr. Griggs is married to his wife Mary, has two Great Danes, and currently calls Warrenton, VA home.