James Everingham

Co-Founder & SVP, Engineering at Lightspark

James Everingham is currently the Co-Founder and SVP of Engineering at Lightspark. Prior to this, they served as the Vice President of Engineering at Facebook from August 2015 to March 2022. In this role, they were responsible for the engineering management of the Yahoo.com flagship homepage and vertical destination sites, including Yahoo Sports, Fantasy Sports, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Magazines, Publisher Tools, Publisher Analytics, Yahoo original content publishing tools, Yahoo Screen, and Yahoo Live broadcast video services. Before joining Facebook, James was the Vice President of Engineering at Yahoo from September 2014 to August 2015. In this role, they oversaw the engineering management of the Yahoo.com homepage and vertical destination sites. Prior to their time at Yahoo, James served as the CEO and Founder of Luminate Inc from March 2008 to September 2014. James also served as the CTO and Co-Founder of LiveOps from February 2001 to March 2008.

Some of their coworkers include Kevin Hurley - Co-Founder & Chief Architect, Christina Smedley - Co-Founder, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, and Christian Catalini - Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer. James Everingham reports to David Marcus, Co-Founder & CEO.

Timeline

  • Co-Founder & SVP, Engineering

    Current role