James Ward
Software Engineer Specialist at Blizzard Entertainment
Town of Rotterdam, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Ward is a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience delivering software from planning to deployment across aircraft displays, simulators, autonomous systems, and IoT. He is currently a Software Engineer Specialist at Blizzard Entertainment, applying his broad technical foundation to complex game systems since May 2021. Prior to Blizzard, he spent 10 years at Lockheed Martin as a Senior Software Engineer and five years at GE Global Research in a similar senior role, building mission-critical embedded software and high-assurance systems. He earned a BS in computer and electrical engineering technology from SUNY Polytechnic Institute, grounding his work in hardware-software integration. Based in the Town of Rotterdam, New York, his cross-domain background blends defense, aerospace, and entertainment industry rigor to deliver reliable, scalable software across complex environments.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, computer and electrical engineering technology, Bachelor of Science - BS, computer and electrical engineering technology at SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (12)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jpward/gmail_monitor
Jan 2018 - Sep 2021
Contributions:41 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
jpward/scratch-pad
Aug 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:700 pushes in 2 years 7 months
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