James Duke
Co Owner at River Branch Computers
Naples, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Duke is a multifaceted technology and media entrepreneur with over three decades of experience building and leading sales, product and engineering organizations across Silicon Valley and beyond. As Co‑Owner of Life Story Pictures he blends documentary videography, scripting and post‑production with software design for imaging, publishing and enterprise workflows. He has a track record of founding and scaling companies (CEO/VP roles) and later driving strategic sales for enterprise software at Novell and Red Hat, selling into global high‑tech, manufacturing and financial markets. James couples deep technical credentials—a PhD in electrical engineering—with hands‑on product development in areas like identity management, EAI/ERP, and digital video. Based in Naples, Florida, he consults on systems integration and IT services while continuing to produce feature video biographies, a rare combination of cinematic storytelling and enterprise technology expertise. His career reflects an unusual pivot from engineering research to narrative filmmaking, preserving technical rigor in creative work.
8 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, PhD at North Carolina State University
Github Skills (57)
data-stream10
google-cloud-platform10
bigquery10
stackdriver10
dataflow10
google-cloud-dataflow10
sqf10
data-loss-prevention10
spanner10
esp826610
gcp10
google10
google-cloud10
serve10
platformio9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
GoogleCloudPlatform/gke-tracing-demo
Jul 2019 - Aug 2023
This project introduces you to Stackdriver's tracing feature, and provides a distributed tracing example that can serve as a basis for your own applications. You will deploy a multi-tier application to a Kubernetes Engine cluster and trace calls between the components.
Contributions:1 review, 1 push in 4 years 1 month
gcpgoogle-cloud-platformservegke-helmsmanbasis
jamesduke/professional-services
Sep 2018 - Sep 2018
Common solutions and tools developed by Google Cloud's Professional Services team
Contributions:9 pushes in 1 day
gcpprofessionalgooglegoogle-cloud-platformprofessional-services
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