Summary
James Shaw is a seasoned technology executive and operator with over 10 years in senior engineering leadership and a multi-decade track record building software teams and products. As COO of Inventive Group he oversees consulting, incubation, training and nonprofit arms that aim to improve lives with technology, while also serving as Chief Development Officer for F1 in Schools North America. He’s known for turning ad-hoc engineering groups into disciplined, high-performing organizations—introducing DevOps, automated testing, Gitflow and continuous improvement practices across startups and enterprise teams. A founder of a private peer community for engineering leaders, he balances hands-on technical judgment with people-first culture building and an unusual early-career background in land and marine surveying that informs his pragmatic systems thinking.
10 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Land & Sea Engineering and Surveying, BSc Land & Sea Engineering and Surveying at University of London