James Kain
Chief Technology Officer at WaldoAir
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolJames Kain is a veteran technology leader and CTO with over four decades of experience building sensor-driven, signal-processing products for mobile ground and air platforms. He has led end-to-end development and manufacture of precision aerial camera and navigation systems, delivering affordable, high-resolution 3D mapping solutions for international markets. Equally comfortable in embedded firmware, desktop/web software, electronics design, and systems integration, he combines hands-on engineering with fundraising and team-building skills. His career includes senior engineering leadership at GeoVantage and founding CTO leadership at WaldoAir, where operational georegistration and integrated navigation are core offerings. Trained at MIT (SM, Aeronautics & Astronautics) and the University of Alabama, he brings rare depth in aerospace engineering applied to commercial imaging systems. Notably, he focuses on practical, production-ready designs that merge state-of-the-art sensors into robust, field-deployable products.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Master’s Degree, Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor’s Degree, Aerospace Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Aerospace Engineering at University of AlabamaGithub contributions (1)
jekain314/Waldo_FCS
May 2013 - Jan 2014
Contributions:14 commits in 8 months
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