James Hunter
Principal Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Hunter is a Principal Cloud Solution Architect and seasoned software engineer with 25+ years of experience designing cloud-native, AI-ready architectures and driving enterprise transformation. Based in Winston-Salem, he combines deep SharePoint and Microsoft 365 expertise with recent leadership in AI pattern engineering and cloud solution strategy at Microsoft, helping customers scale frontier capabilities into repeatable outcomes. Known for translating complex technical requirements into business impact, he has a track record of delivering multimillion-dollar proofs of concept, cutting infrastructure costs, and automating processes that save hundreds of developer hours. A hands-on leader and mentor, he pairs technical rigor (MS in Information Technology) with excellent stakeholder communication to accelerate adoption and reduce technical debt. Less obvious: his career consistently blends field-facing consulting wins with platform-level innovation, from command-and-control systems for the Coast Guard to building copilot/chatbot patterns for enterprise sales enablement.
7 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
MS Information Technology, MS Information Technology at Virginia TechBS Mathematics Mechanical Engineering, BS Mathematics Mechanical Engineering at Old Dominion University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (10)
azure10
openai10
azd-templates10
azure-openai10
sdk9
artificial-intelligence8
ai7
llm6
exchange1
java1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
hunterjam/tindog
Mar 2023 - Jul 2023
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
hunterjam/chat-with-your-data-solution-accelerator
Oct 2023 - Oct 2023
A Solution Accelerator for the RAG pattern running in Azure, using Azure Cognitive Search for retrieval and Azure OpenAI large language models to power ChatGPT-style and Q&A experiences. This includes most common requirements and best practices.
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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