Summary
James Brown is a seasoned engineering leader based in Boulder, Colorado, with 11 years of hands-on experience and 15 years leading teams across AI/ML, infrastructure, and security. He has progressed from systems administration and security engineering to senior infrastructure leadership roles at Invoca and executive engineering positions at Replicant and BetterComp, where he now serves as VP of Engineering. James blends operational rigor with product-minded strategy, having run cloud operations, security programs, and distributed systems at scale. He also advises startups on security (RAD Security), signaling a knack for translating enterprise practices into leaner, high-growth contexts. Known for building cross-functional teams that ship secure, reliable platforms, he brings a pragmatic, observability-first approach that reduces incidents while accelerating feature delivery.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer