James Karimi serves as the CIO/CISO at GTT Communications and is a seasoned engineering veteran in both telecommunications and enterprise networks and systems. In a career spanning 27 years at various companies, he has focused on multiple areas of technology and has been involved in architecting several carrier networks; managing vast enterprise networks, systems and applications; integrating network and systems; and managing consolidation due to M&A activities. He has also participated in and had oversight of many network-based projects, including network monitoring and management with an emphasis on software-driven network automation.

Currently, James is focused on the transformation and automation of the GTT systems platforms as well as continually evolving the GTT security program to limit risk, exposure and to stay current with the evolving threat landscape. Previously, he was the CTO and founder of IPNetZone Communications, the first company to build an MPLS exchange platform in 2006. He also previously held CTO positions at Amp Networks and United Network Services prior to coming to GTT.