Jim Lyon enjoyed forty years of providing software and software services to the higher education market. He earned a B.S. degree from Cornell University in economics. Prior to joining IBM as a systems engineer, he spent four years as a basketball coach and mathematics teacher. During his business career, he held senior leadership positions with Cornell University, Information Associates, Dun & Bradstreet Software, USA Group, The Hunter Group, Cedar Group, and CedarCrestone. He also was cofounder of a startup company that became a market share leader in the PeopleSoft services business. Jim can...