Christopher James
Executive Director, IT Strategy
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolChristopher James is a seasoned technology leader with over 14 years of experience directing custom application development and IT strategy across New York City government agencies. He leads engineering teams that support critical public services—modernizing legacy stacks into service-oriented architectures and introducing Angular, Node.js, and Spring Boot into production. Known for bridging hands-on engineering with executive-level strategy, he has driven headless WCM, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-integrated notification systems for high-traffic sites like NYC.gov and 311. His career spans operational 24/7 support, systems architecture, and full-stack development dating back to early web and e‑commerce projects, giving him deep institutional knowledge of civic technology. Based in New York, he pairs pragmatic delivery with a flair for innovation and a curiosity that shows up in unexpected ways—he enjoys building and tinkering with LEGOs.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
The City College of New YorkRegents Diploma Computer Science, Regents Diploma Computer Science at Brooklyn Technical High SchoolBrooklyn College
Github Skills (8)
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Github contributions (5)
CityOfNewYork/NYCRules
Oct 2011 - Oct 2011
Contributions:3 commits in 1 day
chrisjames01/openshift-workshops
Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
:notebook: Don't just read about what OpenShift 3 can do - try it for yourself with these workshops
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
notebookkubernetesopenshift
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