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About James T. George
James T. George
Trustee
Class of 1958
(Development Committee, Executive Committee, Investment Committee and Student-Alumni Affairs Chair)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer Management Support Technology, Inc. (MSTI)
James T. George Words of Wisdom:
“Some of you will occupy the C-suite and others will be entrepreneurs. In either case, remember that quality and customer satisfaction are the reasons you are there!”
“Think like an employer to advance as an employee! Intrapreneurship is just as important as entrepreneurship!”
“Seldom do things go according to plan – success depends on how fast you adjust!”
“A written plan often goes in the drawer but planning stays in your head!”
James T. George founded MSTI in 1990 after serving for 27 years as an active-duty Army officer. Retiring as a Colonel, he served in a variety of infantry and comptroller positions both overseas and in the United States, including two tours in Vietnam and tours in Korea and Germany. He concurrently served as a member of the board of directors of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) while serving as comptroller of Fort Devens, MA and while at the Pentagon. He retired from the Army in 1985 as Comptroller of the Army Military Personnel Center.
Mr. George established MSTI as a government and professional services company in 1990. Its focus is information technology solutions and management solutions with a concentration in program management support services. The company has grown from one person to its present strength of approximately one hundred employees. MSTI is ISO 9001:2015 registered for quality management and is also ISO 20000 registered in information technology service management. The company is service-disabled veteran-owned and Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) SDVOSB verified.
Mr. George chairs the MSTI board of directors as well as the RMOA Business Institute board which provides entrepreneurial training to veterans and other aspiring business owners. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of Hampton University, where its business school was named in his honor in 2019.
Mr. George is a past president of the RMOA Business Association (RBA), an association of former military personnel and other entrepreneurs who have established businesses or are top decision-makers in their companies. Its focus is networking and entrepreneurial training.
His associations include The ROCK’s, RMOA Business Association, Northern Virginia Urban League board, Mid-tier Advocacy board, and Psi Alpha Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. He also chairs the Finance Committee of Westminster at Lake Ridge residential community.
He earned a BS in Biology from Hampton University, MBA from the University of Arizona, and completed the Advanced Management Program of Pennsylvania State University. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Armed Forces Staff College and the U.S. Army War College.
Mr. George and his wife, Juliette (a retired Fairfax County school teacher), have been married for over 50 years and have two children. Their son, Tom George, is a MSTI careerist and their daughter, Tracey George (Teasley), headed her own Public Relations business until she assumed the role of full time mother of two children, Elijah and Caleb.
Why I Wanted My Name on the Hampton University School of Business
By James T. George, Trustee
If I had understood as a freshman at Hampton how deeply business principles shape the real world, I would have chosen business rather than pre‑med biology. That realization came later, through experience rather than coursework.
After graduation, I entered the Army through ROTC and quickly recognized that the fundamentals of military leadership—planning, organizing, staffing, directing, evaluating, and controlling – were the same foundations that I thought were taught in business management. Leading soldiers and managing resources requires the same disciplined, structured thinking that drives successful organizations everywhere.
Motivated by that insight, I pursued business education throughout my military career. I enrolled in University of Maryland overseas courses, many taught by military officers or civilian professionals. Some were self‑paced mail‑order classes that demanded discipline and commitment, but I believed strongly in the value of business knowledge.
In 1969, I was assigned to the University of Arizona to teach ROTC and complete an advanced degree. Accepted into the MBA program at the Eller College of Management, I first had to finish all remaining undergraduate business requirements. Balancing those courses with a demanding teaching schedule requires persistence and creativity. While teaching tactics at ROTC summer camp in Yakima, Washington, for example, I completed a mail‑order course in Money and Banking from the University of Puget Sound.
My final year in Arizona was devoted entirely to the MBA, which I completed in 1972. That education transformed my Army career, shifting my focus from Infantry tactics to financial management within the Comptrollership specialty. It ultimately led me to serve as an Assistant Comptroller of the Army at the Pentagon, applying business principles at the highest levels of military operations.
When I retired, I was eager to use that same knowledge in the private sector. In 1990, we founded MSTI. The lessons of vision, communication, teamwork, and disciplined execution, refined through both military service and business education, translated directly into successful entrepreneurship. MSTI continues today under new ownership, a testament to the durability of those principles.
Over time, I came to deeply appreciate the universal value of business education. Success begins with preparation, and strong business schools provide that foundation. Hampton University has such a school. I have supported Hampton throughout my career – at an even higher level as MSTI grew and later as a Trustee. So, when the opportunity arose to have my name associated with a school or building at my alma mater, the choice was clear. I chose the School of Business, the school I should have enrolled in as a student.
The decision to choose the business school for naming reflects both gratitude for my own journey and the conviction that business education equips students to lead, adapt, and succeed in every field. My hope is that future Hampton students will recognize the power of business earlier than I did and use it to make a lasting impact on whatever career that they may choose.
– James T. George