James MacWilliam - MSC, BA.



James created BigGalaxy IT Consulting to serve small businesses on The Sunshine coast.  James is a dynamic, effective and technically skilled business systems analyst known for excellent leadership, customer facing skills, attention to detail and timeliness in managing projects.  His IT career spans 17 years and includes Information Systems Manager in further education colleges, IT Consultant (critical systems monitoring) at Eaton Engineering's European Command Centre in Glasgow Scotland, Unix Technical Analyst with international trading bank JP-Morgan in London England, Systems Programming and Development with British Energy Nuclear in East Kilbride, Glasgow and as Data Analyst at Yellow Pages Group in Burnaby B.C. With a Business Degree and Masters Degree in Information Management Systems (both with Distinction) James is backed by solid credentials and has proficiencies in Desktop Support, Networking and has specialties in ETL Data Manipulation, Oracle RDBMS, MS-Access and Unix (Dec Ultrix, HP-UX).


Four things you need to know about James


He'll go anywhere for a free hotdog!

He is an Astrophotographer with The Sunshine Coast Astronomy Club and likes to spend his time under Big Galaxies (Starchasers.ca)

He has dual citizenship with Scotland and Canada

His recent rating of 'Health Category 1' by the Canadian Medical Industry proves (in his mind) that Bacon Burgers, Tea and Dark Chocolate are part of a healthy 'calorie uncontrolled' diet!