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James Fountain

Executive Technology Leader specializing in AI, Data Platforms, and Enterprise SaaS

MassChallengeTufts University24 Years ExperienceExecutive Level

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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.

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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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Experience

Head of Technology, Data, and AIMassChallenge · Feb 2023 – Present
CTOReposite · Jul 2019 – Feb 2022
CTOVettery · Jan 2014 – Feb 2020
VP of Engineering/Tech LeadZeel · Aug 2010 – Feb 2014
Senior Software EngineerLiveEdit · Jan 2007 – Jan 2010
Applications ProgrammerRockefeller University · Jan 2002 – Jan 2006
Senior Implementation DesignerSiegel and Gale · Jan 1999 – Jan 2001

Education

Tufts Universitybachelor

Languages

English

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James FountainExecutive Technology Leader specializing in AI, Data Platforms, and Enterprise SaaS