Dr. James L. Barrott
Vice President for Technology

As Vice President for Technology, Dr. Barrott assumes the role of Chief Information Officer and provides leadership for all technology related activities including strategic planning, operational redesign and ongoing operations for information services, networking, telecommunications, and academic technologies. Presently, the campus is undergoing an administrative software upgrade to SCT Banner and he is the Executive Sponsor for the Banner Project.

Dr. Barrott is responsible for two campus divisions, one academic and one support. The academic division is the Tennessee Technology Center, which is a Tennessee Technology Center (TTC) in the Tennessee Board of Regents system. The Chattanooga TTC provides 18 academic programs located at five campus sites, Amnicola Highway campus, Sequatchie/Bledsoe campus, Kimball campus, Dayton campus, and the Hixson Truck Driving site. In his leadership of the Chattanooga TTC, Dr. Barrott interfaces with the office of Mr. James King, Vice-Chancellor at the Tennessee Board of Regents.

The support division Dr. Barrott leads is the Computer Services Division with these departments: Academic Systems, Administrative Systems, Computer Operations, Network Systems, PC Services, and Telecommunications. Computer Services also provides campus faculty/staff training and web services.