James Pierce
Dean at Belmont University
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolJames Pierce is an experienced academic leader and designer-technologist who has served as Dean of Watkins College of Art at Belmont University since 2020 and as a professor of experiential design there since 2009. With 11 years of professional experience in leadership and a longer career blending design and development, he co-founded Venture360, where he served as CTO and remains a board member guiding entrepreneurial initiatives. He also builds and ships products directly, currently developing at GluKey and previously founding Pixolio.me, reflecting a rare mix of institutional leadership and hands-on software craftsmanship. Trained with an MFA in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art and Design and a BFA in Design Communications from Belmont, he bridges rigorous design thinking with practical technology delivery. Colleagues describe him as someone who translates creative practice into scalable educational programs and digital products, emphasizing experiential learning and real-world venture collaboration. Based in Nashville, he brings an interdisciplinary perspective that fosters innovation between academia, startups, and product development.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Graphic Design, Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Graphic Design at Savannah College of Art and DesignBachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Design Communications, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Design Communications at Belmont University
Github Skills (31)
currency-converter10
currency-exchange-rates10
cgm10
currency9
finance8
ruby8
pie-chart7
swiftui7
monitoring6
graphing5
macos5
swift5
tvos5
ios5
public-profile5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jpegjames/glukey
Jul 2017 - Jan 2022
Mac OS X status bar app for graphing real-time glucose results for diabetics using Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) from Dexcom (more to come)
Contributions:7 releases, 37 commits, 16 pushes in 4 years 6 months
dexcomcgmmac-oscontinuousstatus
eduxtools/projectolio
Oct 2015 - Nov 2018
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 63 pushes in 3 years 1 month
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