James BonTempo

Director of ICT & Innovation

Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP)

James BonTempo is an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) expert with 20 years of experience in both the nonprofit and commercial sectors. Mr. BonTempo has provided key technical leadership to international organizations as well as global and country-level projects in 13 countries across Africa and Asia in areas including education and training, knowledge management, behavior change communication, health service delivery and monitoring and evaluation. He has managed and led the development of national, regional, facility and client-level information and communication systems and has worked to build ICT capacity both within his organizations as well as the communities they serve. Some of Mr. BonTempo's most recent efforts include: leading the WHO mHealth Technical and Evidence Review Group’s Taxonomy Task Force; managing the development of the mHealth Evidence website; partnering with a technology innovation lab in Uganda to develop and implement a free and open source mobile learning application for private sector family planning providers; and implementing and evaluating an SMS-based information service to support a male circumcision campaign in Tanzania. Specialties: Currently: design, development, implementation and evaluation of appropriate, technology-assisted eHealth & mHealth interventions with a particular interest in open & participatory approaches. Over the course of my career: business process modeling and improvement; systems analysis, architecture, implementation and integration; project management; quality assurance; contract development and negotiation; and training and mentoring.