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James Fountain
Executive Technology Leader specializing in AI, Data Platforms, and Enterprise SaaS
Head of Technology, Data, and AI24 years experienceExecutiveTechnologySaaSArtificial Intelligence
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Repeat early-stage startup CTO/first engineer who helped take Vettery from 0 to a $100M+ exit. Led product-oriented engineering with heavy investment in data science/ML, including a recommendations system and candidate evaluation model (90%+ predictive effectiveness), and scaled the modeling stack using parallel processing and Apache Airflow.
Experience
Head of Technology, Data, and AIMassChallenge
CTOReposite
CTOVettery
VP of Engineering/Tech LeadZeel
Senior Software EngineerLiveEdit
Applications ProgrammerRockefeller University
Senior Implementation DesignerSiegel and Gale
Education
Tufts Universitybachelor
Key Strengths
- Took a startup from 0 to a $100M+ exit as CTO/first engineer
- Built and scaled an engineering team through rapid growth
- Implemented ML-driven recommendations to automate high-value matching previously done by sales
- Built a candidate evaluation model with 90%+ effectiveness predicting platform performance
- Scaled ML/modeling infrastructure by pivoting to parallel processing and Airflow with auto-retries
- Strong product-market fit and founder assessment from joining multiple startups
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