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Saint James Upgrades Information Technology<br />
Department with the Help of Two Alumni<br />
While Saint James students<br />
took a well-deserved respite<br />
in March, there was a<br />
great deal of activity on campus. With<br />
the help to two highly skilled alumni,<br />
Parker Turner ’02 and Grant Moerschel<br />
’83, the Information Technology (IT)<br />
Department was reorganized in order to<br />
resolve a number of serious issues.<br />
From long-term internet connectivity<br />
problems to missing inbound and<br />
outbound email messages to a series of<br />
network and server issues, there were a<br />
host of IT problems that have required<br />
thoughtful analysis and the help of highly<br />
skilled professionals.<br />
Grant Moerschel, an alumnus and<br />
Saint James parent, is co-founder of<br />
WaveGard, a cybersecurity consulting<br />
firm. He currently works for a<br />
startup called Cylance. A nationallyrecognized<br />
expert in WiFi security,<br />
a contributor to InformationWeek (an<br />
online trade publication), and author<br />
of several books, he is well-versed in<br />
IT risk management. According to<br />
this technical specialist, the bulk of his<br />
expertise is in Internet security, which<br />
encompasses things like firewalls and<br />
anti-malware technologies. The School<br />
has been most fortunate to be able to<br />
call on his expertise, and has greatly<br />
valued his assistance.<br />
Trustee Parker Turner is also a leader<br />
in the IT field. This young, talented<br />
alumnus serves as President of Liberty<br />
Port, a global telecommunications<br />
company in Sarasota, FL owned by the<br />
Turner family. The company provides<br />
telecommunications and information<br />
technology equipment, consulting and<br />
maintenance for business customers,<br />
and maintenance and upgrades for<br />
older legacy systems. After graduating<br />
from Saint James, Turner attended<br />
Elon University in North Carolina<br />
and then received his master’s degree<br />
in business administration from the<br />
University of Florida. He joined<br />
Liberty Port in 2006, and was named<br />
president in 2012.<br />
Working together, the pair has been<br />
instrumental in helping the School<br />
upgrade its IT systems and reorganize<br />
this department. They also helped<br />
School administrators identify and<br />
vet prospective candidates for the new<br />
8 <strong>Review</strong> • <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2015</strong>
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