James Davis
Faculty at Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
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Top SchoolJames Davis is a faculty member, entrepreneur, and seasoned software architect with 11+ years of experience bridging academia, startups, and enterprise technology. Based in Baton Rouge, he teaches blockchain, data science, and entrepreneurship at LSU while co-founding a telemedicine startup (Relief.health) where he served as CTO building a WebRTC/Twilio video platform. A combat veteran and former Lieutenant Colonel, he brings operational leadership from military logistics to technical program direction, having led MS programs and entrepreneurship institutes. An active open-source contributor, he has hands-on full-stack experience (Rails, Python, Ionic) and helped improve Operation Code’s site authentication and admin workflows to support veterans entering tech. James holds advanced credentials including a PhD in Information Systems and a FinTech blockchain certificate from Duke, combining rigorous research with practical product delivery.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Diploma Warfare, Graduate Diploma Warfare at U.S. Army Command and General Staff CollegePh.D. Information Systems and Decision Science, Ph.D. Information Systems and Decision Science at Louisiana State UniversityGraduate Certificate Entrepreneurship, Graduate Certificate Entrepreneurship at Babson CollegeBachelor of Science - BS Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics at The University of AlabamaJB Pennington High SchoolMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of South AlabamaGraduate Certificate (FinTech) Blockchain Applications, Graduate Certificate (FinTech) Blockchain Applications at Duke University Pratt School of Engineering
Github Skills (10)
e-mail10
devise10
sendgrid10
rails10
activeadmin10
ruby-on-rails10
sendgrid-mail10
front-end-development9
bootstra8
bootstrap8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
OperationCode/operationcode_old_site
Dec 2014 - Feb 2015
Our open source website. We're on a mission to help the military community learn software development, enter the tech industry, and code the future.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 2 pushes, 3 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:James contributed significantly to the website's backend, implementing user authentication with Devise and configuring email settings for Sendgrid. They also worked on the frontend, resolving Bootstrap class issues in form inputs. Further, the user refactored the application by replacing the admin model with ActiveAdmin, suggesting a focus on improving the site's administrative interface. Finally, the user set up a welcome email for new users.
cssjavascriptindustryweb-developmentnextjs
HealthEngagements/health_engagements
Mar 2015 - Aug 2017
Contributions:31 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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