James M
Co-Founder at Digital Public Ventures
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames M is a product-driven technologist and founder with nine years of experience building public-interest technology and enterprise AI platforms from prototype to nationwide launch. As Co-Founder of Digital Public Ventures and former Director of AI Engineering at TTS, he led the rapid development and federal authorization of usai.gov, scaling a team from 1 to 20+ and integrating major model families for all federal agencies. He has a track record of incubating government-scale digital public infrastructure—leading Notify.gov, Forms.gov, and multiple 10x venture efforts that delivered high-impact, production services across government. Comfortable toggling between hands-on engineering, product leadership, and policy work, he also contributed to the Federal GenAI Playbook and privacy-focused interagency initiatives. His background blends civic tech, data privacy, and startup product design (including an exit with Impactive/ActBlue), revealing a rare ability to move experimental research into auditable, deployable systems. Based in Portland, he combines academic grounding in data, AI, and public policy with practical delivery experience in highly regulated environments.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Fulbright Fellow Researcher/Lecturer, Fulbright Fellow Researcher/Lecturer at Central European UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at DePaul UniversityMaster's degree Data AI and Public Policy, Master's degree Data AI and Public Policy at Harvard University Graduate School of DesignNY/Paris Urban Planning & Architecture Studio Architecture, NY/Paris Urban Planning & Architecture Studio Architecture at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
Spanish, English
Github Skills (51)
sandbox9
docker9
api9
frontend8
container7
chrome-extension7
aws-sdk7
forum7
discourse7
mozilla6
aws6
sdk6
flarum6
python6
django6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
GSA-TTS/10x-ai-sandbox
Dec 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:16 reviews, 147 PRs, 200 pushes in 3 months
jimmoffet/VoteBot
Jun 2017 - Apr 2018
VoteBot is an extensible SMS chatbot for civic engagement
Contributions:1 release, 38 commits, 4 pushes in 10 months
civictechcivic-techcivic-engagementcivic-appsbot
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