James is an expert in technical product development and business development. His focus is on public sector procurement, impact tracking, and cybersecurity. With 17 years in public sector technology, he has developed and commercialised software for public and academic sectors across the EU. He holds a degree in Computing and Information Systems.
He has founded two technology companies serving over 20 clients from bases in Northern Ireland and Scotland since 2015. He has led research and development projects on Open Data standards, securing funding from Innovate UK and Horizon Europe. James has experience in implementing Machine Learning and AI into applications and has managed large-scale data / R&D projects across Europe.
As the founder of a Scottish technology SME, James builds strategic partnerships with public sector, academic, and corporate entities and has led research on impact frameworks to measure public sector investments. The work has achieved significant cost and time savings whilst delivering comprehensive results.