James Adam

James Adam has over 10 years of work experience in the software engineering field. James'smost recent role was as a VP of Product Engineering at Certus Group, starting in April 2023. Prior to that, they worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Stratascale - An SHI Company from November 2022 to April 2023.

In 2022, James was a Senior Software Engineer at Happy Money, where they supported a large backend system for a financial services company, utilizing Clojure, AWS, Kafka, and Postgresql. James implemented new functionality using Clojure and troubleshooted and fixed numerous issues with a complex code base.

From October 2021 to October 2022, James worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Guaranteed Rate, where they focused on Clojure-based services for a mortgage lender. James'sresponsibilities included implementing functionality for new product types and features, as well as maintaining and troubleshooting a code base with interactions between different in-house and third-party services in an AWS environment.

Before that, James held the position of Sr Full Stack Software Engineer at Novetta from December 2018 to October 2021. During their time there, they designed and implemented front-end and back-end components for a new machine learning training data production solution using microservices, Docker, and AWS. James also presented and demonstrated software to decision makers.

In addition, James has experience as a Lead Software Engineer at Harris Corporation, a Research Staff Member at Riverside Research, and a Senior Software Developer at Vencore Inc. James has worked with various technologies and languages, including Java, Clojure, JavaScript, and Python, and has expertise in software development, systems engineering, and technical assistance roles.

Between 2011 and 2012, James worked as a Software Engineer at Braxton Technologies LLC, where they focused on GPS modeling and simulation, designing simulation models and creating software for the GPS III spacecraft. Prior to that, they worked as a Software Engineer at RadiantBlue Technologies, developing web-based geospatial applications and services in an Agile environment.

Overall, James Adam has a diverse background in software engineering, with experience in leadership roles, full-stack development, and working with a range of technologies.

James Adam completed their Master of Business Administration degree in Management and Strategy from Western Governors University from 2009 to 2010. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs from 1998 to 2002.

In addition to their academic degrees, James Adam has earned several certifications. James completed the courses "Introduction to TensorFlow for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning," "Neural Networks and Deep Learning," and "Machine Learning" from Coursera in May 2019, June 2018, and May 2017, respectively. James also completed the courses "Principles of Reactive Programming" and "Functional Programming Principles in Scala" from Coursera in November 2013 and September 2013, respectively.

Furthermore, James Adam obtained the certification "AWS Certified Developer – Associate" from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in February 2023. Lastly, they are a member of American Mensa since February 2010, earning the designation of "American Mensa Member."