Summary
James Hornitzky is a technology leader and PhD student with 15 years’ experience building and scaling digital products for not-for-profits and social enterprises. He co-founded and grew Leafcutter into a 20-person agency, later leading digital teams as Marlin’s Digital Director and serving hands-on as CTO/COO for startups like good.film and Grant’d. James combines product strategy, UX, development and data science to deliver mission-driven systems—examples include Headstart (connecting thousands to free mental-health services monthly) and G-MEDSS, a clinically effective pharmacy prescription tool. He teaches entrepreneurship and interaction design at UTS while researching sustainable, scalable models for NFP innovation, and favors a test-and-learn, revenue-focused approach for early-stage ventures. Less obvious: he moves fluidly between board-level strategy and keyboard-level implementation, making him equally effective advising founders or shipping the first MVP.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information Technology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information Technology at University of Technology Sydney