About James
james (at) jameskelly.net
Tampa, FL
http://jameskelly.net/catchme
IDEAL MATCH You make bold, meaningful technology products, differentiated by excellence, innovation and taste
- people leader
- team integrator
- strategy innovator
- multifaceted manager
- product developer
- solutions-driven marketer
- alliances forger
- finance maverick
- instinctive seller
- customer empathizer
- audacious entrepreneur
- mission planner
- early adopter
- AI cluster architect
- cloud-native evangelist
- root-cause regardful
- software engineer
- open-source contributor
- hands-dirty hacker
- networking expert
- devops automater
- security minded
- web & graphics couturier
- experienced advisor
- digital designer
- mindful organizer
- outside-the-box thinker
- star spokesperson
- demo director
- caring instructor
- critical thinker
- design influencer
- initiative taker
- curious questioner
- off-mat yoga practitioner
- adventure lover
Product Management Senior Director – Cloud and DC Business, March 2020 – Current
Lead 10 product managers/developers responsible for the company’s AI cluster solution, DC automation tools, and a cloud-native networking and security product; led the construction of a multi-million $ AI lab for network R&D, testing, benchmarking and demos; rebooted and retired products and acquired one: Apstra; forged alliance partners; achieved 8 figures in our direct product’s annual revenue while supporting solutions to drive new heights in 9-figure DC business overall
Marketing Director – Enterprise Multicloud Product Marketing, October 2017 – March 2020
Managed team of 8 covering DC, WAN, campus, branch, and network automation; ran many launches, content blitzes, open-source projects, customer and partner engagements; supported demand generation campaigns, sales, competitive intel
Lead Cloud Architect and PMM - Product and Solution Marketing, March 2013 – October 2017
Spokesperson; prolific blogger and content creator; channel/alliance bizdev; DevOps/Kubernetes demo’r and sales support
Sr. Architect and SDN Product Manager - Software and Solutions Division, April 2012 – March 2013
Solution architect on new-products team of 3 reporting to divisional EVP for portfolio strategy and communications for SDN and NFV; customer and competitive analysis; M&A/partner strategy, technical due diligence on $176M SDN acquisition
Principal TME and Developer Advocate, Software Business Unit, December 2006 – March 2012
Lead ~50 trainings covering ~1000 people; supplement marketing, PLM, sales, tech pubs; create and demo code and tools
Advisory CIO, April 2014 – January 2015
IT enterprise architecture refresh and automation strategy; cloud and sourcing partnerships; migration to SaaS and Azure IaaS; migration to PaaS-first development; fix IT relations with business and executive team, WAN update, new office buildout
Marketing Executive Consultant, September 2010 – December 2010
Corporate values and brand image; customer research; overhaul web/social/community management; staffing and training for hand-off to new marketing lead; hired and led team of two partners help me fulfill the contract
Technology Consultant, April 2006 – December 2006
Soup-to-nuts tech for a small startup; web & e-com development, database; systems and network admin and hosting setup
CEO at Kelly Capital Management, January 2006 – August 2010
Oversaw subsidiary hedge funds in private investments. Managed financial, sales, tech, legal staff. Form investment partners.
Three Developer Stints (CSIS Canada, Nokia in partnership with Carleton SCS, Ross Video), May 2004 – December 2006
Embedded real-time video systems development in C and C++; networking security research in IDS/IDP signature matching data structures & algorithms; anomaly learning & detection; various projects in the Linux kernel; Java; Perl; cryptography
Prologue: Various jobs in sales, customer service, acting & modeling, Java and web development, Yoga & skiing instruction
Executive Business Classes: 2011 – Current
2006 Master Computer Science, 2004 Bachelor Computer Science and Business
Yoga Teaching Certificate, Sommelier Certificate, CCNA, and other business, professional speaking, and tech courses
- AI / ML infrastructure architecture for training / inference
- Use and customization of AI in IT ops and business
- Multicloud Kubernetes / OpenShift and especially their networking and security with and without service mesh
- Open source, GitHub, GitLab, and GitOps in IT
- DevOps and infrastructure as code with Terraform
- Multi-vendor network routing, switching, security tools
- Multicloud IaaS/PaaS with GCP, AWS, Azure
- Presentation, document, video and graphic design tools
- Programming in C, C++, Java, Go, dabbled in Python
- Dev practices and tools IDEs like VScode, Copilot, Eclipse
- OpenStack and VMware cloud infrastructure architecture
- Distributed, concurrent and real-time programming
- Enterprise and carrier network design and operations
- Ansible various sysadmin automation for Linux / Windows
- Firewalling, IDP, VPN, AAA and identity management tools
- Security hacking and research on attacks
- DB design, admin, programming with NoSQL, MySQL
- Web design, JavaScript programming, JavaEE
- Development practices: git, review tools
- People leadership and psychology
- Technology product development prioritization and tools
- Product strategy and market modelling
- Product and solutions marketing
- Product and solutions competitive analysis
- Salesforce enablement, training, consulting
- Impactful presentation pitching and slide craft
- Communications with public, media, analysts
- Using GenAI for content, analysis, summarization
- Organizational behavior and management
- Sales and negotiations with individuals and vendors
- Alliances and partnerships business development
- Marketing and advertising automation and testing
- Branding, social, and corporate marketing
- Writing for executives, research, documentation and more
- Fundraising, organizing, promoting live events with 100s
- Financial and managerial accounting, budgeting
- Business law and incorporation
- Personal and business finance and investing
- Equities charting and technical analysis
- In my role at Juniper, I led dozens of live and video trainings for our field and customers, impacting hundreds. I even spoke at the all-hands to 10,000!
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40 countries visited and lived in 4
- I won 5 scholarships through university, and a medal for being in the top 3 of my graduating class.
- Black belt in Tae Kwon Do
- Family... married with children
- Technology tinkering and inventing
- Gastronomy and oenology
- Meditation and yoga
- Hiking, running, skiing, snowboarding, soccer, hockey
- Kayaking and SUP
- Acoustic finger-style guitar
- Investing and cultural audiobooks and podcasts
- Photography: shooting and editing
- Challenge and adventure at work
- Vancouver grown with a love for family, the wild outdoors, many sports, and academic excellence
- Fluent in French since living in Belgium in ’99
- Master Comp Sci and Business degrees at the top of the class
- Founder of private hedge funds and finance company with family/friends
- Deepening in tech as a developer evangelist, and eventual marketer, product, and team leader
- Pursued a sommelier certification for the love of it
- Move to silicon valley in 2010
- Pursued a yoga teacher certification 2014
- Returned to San Jose, CA after a 2-month stint working remotely from Paris
- Married the love of my life in Hanoi, Vietnam, acquiring a daughter in the process
- Relocated to Tampa, FL to enjoy a lifestyle on the water and build a custom family home
Imagine a force, more than for the good, for the remarkable.
Imagine bias for action while bringing others along.
Imagine optimistically smiling at each difficulty as a step to future success.
Imagine a team leader and player, working with passion and fostering fun doing it.
Imagine meaningful, inspirational and challenging missions, drawing out our greatness.
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the whole nine yards at: http://linkedin.com/in/jamesakelly