was “ a big step forward ” in the sense that it liberated the sharing of information whilst simultaneously maintaining granular control over it . Making the information accessible to research staff without the need to download it mitigated the need for substantial investment in servers to house the NIH ’ s collective data , thus saving costs significantly . Indeed , Shaw states that , without cloud , such a monumental task might have been too expensive to execute . “ There have been prior attempts to do what we ’ re achieving with STRIDES , but , at that time , some of the technology just wasn ’ t there for it .” Now that communicating between teams is easier than ever before , a digital , cloud-powered NIH community can explore each others ’ work in new

Title : Senior Project Manager Location : Burke , Virginia

261 Thomas Shaw is a Senior Project Manager on the NIH STRIDES Initiative . He received a Bachelor ’ s degree in Computer Science from the University of North Dakota and a minor in Mathematics . Along with the over 20 years at NIH , he has been the Director of Test Engineering and Configuration Management at the American Red Cross and worked in many different industry sectors including Secure Communications , Industrial Automation and Medical Devices . He brings his wealth of knowledge from these different arenas to the forefront to foster highly functioning teams and is valued for his ability to think outside the box to apply concepts and ideas to solve complex problems in unconventional ways . By seeing the big picture while being able to focus on the details helps mitigate many risks by addressing them ahead of time . businesschief . com