“Get to Know Us” is a recurring column that introduces and highlights different ITS staff members. This issue we are highlighting Jim Cormier. Jim Cormier has been a part of the Clark community for over ten years, and is our Manager of Campus Media Services.

When describing his work to people outside IT, he often describes it as “I get to play with sound systems and projectors and they pay me for it.” His favorite part of the job is finding solutions that either improve office operations or enhances the production of an event; and loves it when people ask him to help solve challenges with technology.

Though he began his career in hotel management, he found himself increasingly drawn to the audio/visual (A/V) aspects of the work, and decided to change direction and focus on that for a career. He’s worked professionally in the A/V sector for 30 years and has been a hobby musician since the early 1970s.

If there’s only one thing people know about Jim’s life outside Clark, it’s that he is a Parrothead (a dedicated Jimmy Buffet fan). In fact, when asked if he could take a class from anyone in the world, he choose Jimmy Buffet, and hoped that he too could learn how to make a world-class business from a song that never made it to the Billboard charts! He spends many vacations chasing the Jimmy Buffet life and says his perfect day would be spent on a Caribbean beach, playing guitar for family, friends and anyone who wished to listen.

Interested in asking Jim for advice on A/V, event technology, or the best way to get to Margaritaville? Click here to find his contact information.