James Finstrom
Senior Software Engineer at Updog Technologies
Mesa, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolJames Finstrom is a senior software engineer with 13 years of experience building and stewarding communications and open-source projects, currently at 14IP (formerly ClearlyIP) in Mesa, Arizona. He blends hands-on engineering with community leadership—previously managing the FreePBX community at Sangoma and acting as a long-time open-source contributor and maker. His background spans product-grade telephony software, developer tooling, and practical ops, informed by early tech support roots and EMT field experience that sharpen his problem-solving under pressure. Equally comfortable hacking on personal projects (his GitHub is a playground of experiments) and shipping production systems, he also publishes a GPG fingerprint for secure communication—reflecting a strong operational security mindset.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science (A.S.), Network Technology, Associate of Science (A.S.), Network Technology at Collins CollegeMesa HighEMT, Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance), EMT, Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) at Mesa Community College
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Github Skills (198)
dialing10
moodle10
asterisk10
github10
backup10
wakeup10
dump10
voicemail10
freepbx10
paging10
phonebook10
duplicate10
browser10
condition10
call-flow10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
jfinstrom/dotfiles
Feb 2017 - Sep 2021
Contributions:6 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 7 months
jfinstrom/helloworld
Jun 2014 - May 2021
FreePBX Hello World with BMO for 13+
Contributions:29 commits, 3 PRs, 34 pushes in 7 years
freepbx
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