James Lyon

James Lyon is a seasoned technology professional currently serving as the Senior Director of Data Engineering at Demandbase since January 2019, where leadership of a multidisciplinary team focuses on big data, data engineering, modeling, and APIs. Prior to this role, James held positions as Principal Software Engineer at Facebook from October 2017 to January 2019, and Chief Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services from September 2013 to October 2014. Experience also includes roles as Software Engineer at Agren between November 2014 and September 2017, Research Coordinator at Colorado State University from August 2010 to September 2013, and IT Analyst III at the University of Tennessee from December 1998 to July 2010, where significant contributions included leading the development of the Rusle2 soil erosion model.