WORK HISTORY
Jan 2018 - Current
Founder
Meeting Room 365
I launched an App & built a SaaS business that currently brings in $20k / month.
Feb 2018 - Apr 2019
Prototyping Lead
HBO GO / HBO Now
I led prototyping at HBO, building 20+ standalone variations of the HBO streaming app from scratch.
2014 - 2016
Design Program Manager
BitTitan, Inc.
Led Design at BitTitan during growth from $1m – $25m ARR. Launched 3 products.
EDUCATION
2013
Design & Usability Testing
Seattle Central
I got bored and went back to school part-time to formally study design & usability testing.
2010 - 2012
Engineering & IT
Western Governors University
I studied Engineering, IT, and Computer Science while in the Military.
2007
Persian Studies
Defense Language Institute
My first degree was in Persian studies. I served as an Interpreter in the Military for 6 years.
hard skills
DESIGN
WEB TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
ANALYTICS & RESEARCH
soft skills
COMMUNICATIONS
TEAMWORK
LEADERSHIP
FEEDBACK
Cesar Cabrera
Sr. Program Manager, Facebook
James is very passionate about improving user experience. He is able to understand complex matters even when outside of his direct area of expertise.
Michael Tyomkin
Sr Prgm Mgr, Data Science, Microsoft
James has an uncompromising focus on what's best for the customer. He asks important and hard questions, spots obvious (yet overlooked by others) user behaviors, and delivers fantastic results.
Nani Pratt
UX Designer, BitTitan
James does all the things. Way more competently than other people do all the things.
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