James Gress
Director - Advanced Technology Center Emerging Technologies Portfolio Lead At Accenture
Greater Tampa Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolJames Gress is a seasoned technology leader with over 27 years in IT who currently directs Accenture’s Advanced Technology Center Emerging Technologies portfolio, driving innovation in Generative AI, Metaverse, AI-assisted coding, DevOps, IaC, CloudOps, and cloud-native advisory. He has a proven record of building and scaling high-performance teams and delivering complex, client-facing solutions from his long tenure at Accenture across roles from developer to senior management. A certified Technology Architect and Microsoft-certified developer, James blends hands-on technical depth with strategic foresight to help enterprises adopt disruptive technologies. He pairs a pragmatic engineering background—including early experience as an avionics technician in the US Marine Corps—with a passion for continuous learning and public speaking. Based in Greater Tampa Bay, he is equally committed to mentoring colleagues and contributing to the broader tech community. An interesting facet of his profile is the combination of military avionics training and decades of cloud and DevOps leadership, which informs his systems-level approach to emerging tech adoption.
9 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Aviation Electronics, Aviation Electronics at USMCAssociate in Science Degree, Computer Programming, Associate in Science Degree, Computer Programming at Hillsborough Community College
Github Skills (9)
chatgpt10
azd-templates10
openai9
azure9
java5
gitter5
staging5
docker4
n8n2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jmgress/spring-petclinic
Jun 2023 - Nov 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 426 pushes, 777 branches in 1 year 4 months
jmgress/devopsdays-web
Oct 2018 - Oct 2024
This is the website for devopsdays.org
Contributions:1 review, 7 PRs, 237 pushes in 6 years
devopsdays
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