Summary
James Rose is a seasoned software engineer with over 20 years in IT and more than 15 years focused on software development, delivering mission-critical systems across banking, telco, legal, medical, and e-commerce. He specializes in Windows-based applications and .NET stacks, with hands-on experience in Visual Basic since 1993 and recent C# projects, plus full lifecycle skills from requirements and data modeling to documentation and deployment. James has led re-architectures and multi-component systems—scaling client/server medical and high-throughput publication scanning platforms—and often mentors developers and coordinates cross-functional stakeholders. He favors pragmatic, business-driven technology choices over chasing trends, emphasizing processes, documentation, and maintainability. Based in New York, he pairs deep legacy-system knowledge with an ongoing habit of previewing and testing new technologies to assess their practical fit. An interesting but less obvious strength is his consistent focus on producing end-user-facing prototypes and documentation to speed acceptance and reduce risk.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Electronics, Electronics at Oak Grove