James Lees
Co Founder And Managing Director at Advantage Learning Technologies (Pty) Ltd t/a Advantage Learn
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Top SchoolJames Lees is a founder and managing director with 11+ years of experience designing and delivering digital learning and transformation solutions from Durban, South Africa. He co-founded Advantage Learning Technologies after winning the 2015 FNB Shark Tank competition and leads both AdvantageLearn (a market-leading NBT prep and STEM product suite) and Salt, which builds web apps, LMS platforms and automation to improve customer outcomes and operational efficiency. With a background in actuarial science, business analysis and operations, he blends rigorous data-driven thinking with hands-on product and instructional design to turn educational and organisational pain points into practical digital systems. James’ superpower is translating human needs into mission-aligned technology, demonstrated by scalable offerings that address teacher shortages and remedial learning gaps. He is as comfortable presenting to boards as he is directing Laravel/JavaScript builds and analytics implementations, and he often frames digital transformation as a people-first change process rather than purely a technical one.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Certified Professional Global Management Accountant, Accounting and Business/Management, Certified Professional Global Management Accountant, Accounting and Business/Management at Certified Institute of Management AccountantsMatric, Maths, Advanced Maths, Science, Accounting, Biology, English and Afrikaans, Matric, Maths, Advanced Maths, Science, Accounting, Biology, English and Afrikaans at Thomas More CollegeBachelor of Science Honours, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science Honours, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Cum Laude at University of KwaZulu-NatalProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jamestrevorlees/odd-web-v1.00
Oct 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:18 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
jamestrevorlees/js-vanilla-loancalculator
Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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