Summary
J Ellis is a product leader with 13 years of experience designing and shipping cloud-native, AI-infused SaaS products from startups to Fortune 500 clients. Currently at Sona Systems after shaping product strategy and AI-driven compliance features at Kinectify, he blends hands-on coding instincts with strong product execution—turning an 8-hour manual SAR process into a 30-second LLM-driven workflow. He has led platform migrations, identity and session management work for Pluralsight, and cloud-native transformations for cyber training and mobile identity products, consistently improving scalability and delivery predictability. Known for integrating cutting-edge models (OpenAI, Claude, Llama, Gemini) into cross-functional workflows, he pairs prompt engineering and model evaluation with pragmatic roadmap decisions. Based in San Diego with an MBA focused on technology commercialization, he mentors product teams and embeds AI where it delivers measurable operational gains.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Technology Commercialization Marketing Finance, MBA Technology Commercialization Marketing Finance at Purdue University Daniels School of Business
Bachelors of Science Business - Marketing, Bachelors of Science Business - Marketing at CSUSM College of Business
American Sign Language