{"238991":{"#nid":"238991","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alumni Spotlight: James DeBardelaben","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGT Degree(s):\u003C\/strong\u003E Ph.D. ECE\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYear Degree Awarded:\u003C\/strong\u003E 1998\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECurrent Title\/Position:\u003C\/strong\u003E President and CEO\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECurrent Company\/Organization:\u003C\/strong\u003E IvySys Technologies, LLC\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDescribe your average workday.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere is no average workday at a high-tech small business such as ours. On some days, I spend most of my time meeting with existing customers and looking for new business opportunities. On other days, I spend my time overseeing the financial operations of the company to maintain healthy cash flow. I, however, most enjoy spending time refining and optimizing our business strategy and charting the technical vision of the company.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow did ECE prepare you for your current role?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech ECE program provided me with a strong technical background, but most importantly, my doctoral studies helped me develop critical problem solving skills for adapting to complex unstructured business challenges. Having the skill sets to dynamically adapt to rapidly changing business environments is essential for success as an entrepreneur.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat advice would you give current ECE students?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Epath and leave a trail\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0022 \u003Cbr \/\u003E- Ralph Waldo Emerson\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWho was your favorite ECE professor?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProf. Vijay Madisetti (my Ph.D. advisor)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat do you think is the most important technological breakthrough of the past 20 years?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe advent of high-bandwidth, low-power mobile computing devices to support a myriad of applications (ranging from consumer to military) on a single platform.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhen you aren\u2019t being an Electrical\/Computer Engineer, what do you like to do?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen I am not working, I enjoy spending quality time with my wife and two boys, who are 4 and 2 years old. If I have any energy remaining after playing with my boys, I like to take time out to exercise through running and weightlifting.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGet to know ECE alumnus, James DeBardelaben, in this short Q \u0026amp; A.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27842","created_gmt":"2013-09-19 13:16:18","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:56","author":"Ashlee Gardner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"239001":{"id":"239001","type":"image","title":"James DeBardelaben","body":null,"created":"1449243670","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:41:10","changed":"1475894914","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:34","alt":"James DeBardelaben","file":{"fid":"197739","name":"jamesdebardelaben.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jamesdebardelaben_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jamesdebardelaben_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":474679,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/jamesdebardelaben_0.jpg?itok=lHoL4uk7"}}},"media_ids":["239001"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ivysys.com\/","title":"IvySys Technologies, LLC"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"506","name":"alumni"},{"id":"1925","name":"Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAshlee Gardner\u003Cbr \/\u003EOnline Communications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ashlee.gardner@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}