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 (113)
moodle10
asterisk10
github10
user-control10
dump10
freepbx10
call-flow10
php-framework10
ivr10
phalcon10
sound-files10
iax10
collections10
dahdi10
caller-id10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
jfinstrom/dotfiles
Feb 2017 - Sep 2021
Contributions:6 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 7 months
jfinstrom/ucphelloworld
Jan 2016 - May 2025
Contributions:3 pushes, 4 branches in 9 years 5 months
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