Jim Hall
CEO at Hallmentum LLC
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolJim Hall is a seasoned IT executive and founder with 26 years of experience helping public and higher education institutions modernize technology and governance. After more than eight years as a CIO in government and academia, he launched Hallmentum to provide practical, hands-on coaching, leadership development, and tailored management training for emerging IT leaders. Jim combines tactical IT operations experience—leading large infrastructure teams, major migrations to cloud and Google Apps, and multi-million dollar network projects—with strategic skills in IT governance, policy, and enterprise planning. A published author and frequent conference speaker, he translates complex change into actionable roadmaps and measurable savings, having driven significant cost reductions and service consolidations across campuses and counties. Based in Saint Paul, MN, he pairs a physics undergraduate and a master’s in scientific and technical communication with a knack for engaging, workshop-driven learning. Beyond executive roles, he also writes and demos sample programs for the FreeDOS community, reflecting a persistent curiosity for hands-on systems work.
26 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Physics, 3.3, BS, Physics, 3.3 at University of Wisconsin-River FallsCentury CollegeUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities
Spanish
Github Skills (14)
kernel10
freedos10
operating-system10
simulation8
instruction-set8
djgpp3
png2
image-viewer1
webp1
jpeg1
bmp1
image-converter1
retrocomputing1
tga1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
FDOS/freecom
May 2000 - Feb 2018
Contributions:29 commits in 18 years
freedosproject/toycpu
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
A simulation of a Minimal instruction set computer
Contributions:4 releases, 33 commits, 35 pushes in 6 months
instruction-setsimulation
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