Work
SWAYABLE
Swayable is a cloud-based web application that uses automated data science to measure the impact of content on opinion, attitude and intention. It drives major increases in the effectiveness of the world’s most important campaigns.
New Economy lab
New Economy Lab is a social innovation firm that creates new digital social enterprises and initiatives, and offers expert advice to leading global and national organizations.
NEW york times
James was Chief of Operations of NYT Global, the international digital team of The New York Times, which he played a central role in establishing during his earlier tenure as NYT’s Executive Director of Strategy for Digital Product and Technology.
PEERS
Peers.org was the world's largest sharing economy advocacy and community group, representing hundreds of thousands of participants in the sharing economy during its rise in 2013–2015, winning victories in cities across the U.S. and globally.
Purpose
Purpose builds large-scale online digital communities in support of social change, including starting several of the world's largest progressive digital advocacy groups. James was a founding partner and member of the original leadership team.
McKinsey & Company
Working with around 15 different clients on strategy, technology and finance projects, James began his career at the management consultancy McKinsey. Clients included state and national governments, global and national non-profits, and major businesses.
UNITED Nations
James was a graduate intern at the UN Division for Sustainable Development in 2002, writing a report on the use of scientific expert advice in the UN system. He also participated in the 1997 Kyoto COP-3 climate change negotiations, as well as Copenhagen COP-15 (2009) and Paris COP-21 (2015) in various NGO, journalism and advisory capacities.
physics
Studying experimental condensed matter physics at Cornell under J. C. Séamus Davis, James discovered relationships between the quantum and geometric properties of high temperature superconductors, developing new computational algorithms and atomic-resolution electron microscopy technology.