
Timeline
About me
CTO | Product Development, Data, Engineering
Education

Rockford senior high
1989 - 1993
Michigan state university
1993 - 1998Bs electrical engineering and mathematicsActivities and Societies: Pi Kappa Alpha Spent too much time throwing my back out lugging around really heavy Computer Science books.
Experience

Avid
Jan 2000 - Jan 2003Director of technologyDeveloped B2B applications for Fortune 100 companies. Client's included Motorola, Accenture, etc

65 media
Apr 2003 - Apr 2006Director of technologyDeveloped highly customized interactive web sites for gaming, entertainment and theatrical properties. Client's included Lionsgate, Disney, Sony, Dreamworks, Quiksliver, Roxy and Warner.

Sapient
May 2006 - Jun 2008Senior associate, creative designSenior Associate specializing in high touch integrated technology solutions for Sony, Honda Jet, Fandango, and more. Introduced standardized development frameworks to increase development efficiencies. Led team to be awarded Agency of Record for Honda Jet.

Oliver peoples
Dec 2008 - Nov 2012Director of ecommerce engineeringResponsible for the development and deployment of B2C eCommerce websites.Deployed multi-site configuration for Paul Smith, Mosley Tribes, Oliver Peoples.Automated monthly reporting of KPIs.Created custom integration for fulfillment into Oakley SAP ERP.

Ice.com
Jan 2013 - Aug 2015Senior software engineering manager- Upgraded existing Magento website to Foundation CSS framework resulting in over 200% lift on AOV.- Fixed ongoing technical issues, resulting in DevOps efficiencies.- Create Vendor on-boarding tool and business process.- Developed custom angular JS / Node JS UI and intermediate storage to access Magento API data.- New front-end resulted in an additional + 200% lift in CR.

Mobivida / cellular outfitter
May 2014 - Jan 2016Senior software engineering manager- Corrected and implemented core business processes in eCommerce website.- Standardized Developer Operations- Fixed ongoing technical and business operations issues.- Wrote key Magento modules to enhance business operations.- Trained internal team to maximize knowledge sharing of platform.- Define and fix code to efficiently support more than 10,000 daily checkouts and 100,000 daily users.

Dese enterprises
Jan 2015 - Apr 2017Director of ecommerce engineeringLeading technology initiatives for an Internet Retailer 500 company. Managing all aspects of technology and product development including road map and budget of multiple high volume eCommerce websites as well as related infrastructure. Developed a custom Product Information Management system to allow for hundreds of product uploads per day. Developed a Warehouse Management System to ensure correct inventory counts of over 40,000 products.

Lensabl
Jan 2016 - Jun 2018Vp of engineeringLeads technology initiatives for an innovative company in online prescription eyewear. Manages all aspects of technology and product development, including product road map, hiring, application architecture and design. Creates an end-to-end logistics and manufacturing integration. Develops an award winning website for business to consumer transactions. Develops B2B plugins to extend and white label manufacturing to third partners.Business integration was accomplished via direct API and custom eCommerce plugins for Magento, Shopify, and Demandware. Order sync, including logistics, manufacturing and custom shipment notifications were fully implemented, as well as real-time reporting. In addition, custom digital scanning tools were created to reduce manufacturing errors by validating order information with the lab equipment. Project iterations were run based on qualitative analysis of data and quantitative customer metrics including RFM, click-through rates, time on site, visitor count, heat maps, surveys, A/B testing and customer segmentation . Show less

Universal music group
May 2018 - May 2022Senior ecommerce architectResponsible for the application design and build to support the entire consumer product line. Architects a template software architecture to deploy as the standard throughout the entire global organization. Develops event driven architecture, to streamlining operational efficiencies, improving vendor communications protocols. Replaced manual tasks with robotic process automation. Collaborates with team leads. Deploys a headless progressive web architecture to create a SWOT analysis against existing business and technology practices. Reduces maintenance and licensing costs by greater than 70%.Manages high-level business communication to C-Suite stakeholders. Manages and collaborate with cross functional engineering teams to align business interests with product goals. Deploys an object data storage layer for API and business processes standardization. Show less

Songistry inc.
Jun 2022 - nowChief technology officerLead development and product for AI/ML based music services.
Licenses & Certifications
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The manager's guide to difficult conversations
LinkedinDec 2023 - View certificate

Google project management certificate
CourseraApr 2022 - View certificate

Ibm z day speaker advocate - 2021
IbmOct 2021
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Eric JamesMovie Standard of Excellence Web Marketing Association 2006 Chicken Little - Official Site
- Awarded to Eric JamesInteractive Media ADDY - Silver: Interactive Media Sonystyle.com
- Awarded to Eric JamesInteractive Media ADDY - Gold: Interactive Media Hondajet.com
- Awarded to Eric JamesOutstanding Website Web Marketing Association The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - Official Site
Languages
- spSpanish
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