James Stratton

TAP Operations Assistant Director

As assistant director of operations for the Technical Assistance Program, Jim manages major programs and grant opportunities from both the public and private sectors.  He has worked with the Purdue Technical Assistance Program since 2009, where he started as a graduate assistant. He graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 2009 with a BS in Engineering Technology and holds a MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Purdue, where he graduated in 2016.  

When Jim is not fulfilling his duties with TAP, you can find him dismantling things that need not be dismantled, fixing things that need not be fixed, and tinkering with anything that looks like it may need tinkered.