James Tomson
VP, Platform Engineering
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Tomson is a seasoned platform engineering leader with 13 years of experience building software and electronics for consumer and medical products, currently serving as VP of Platform Engineering at Aura Home in New York. He blends hands-on IC work, architecture, and people leadership, having previously led mobile architecture at Medidata and co-founded an engineering firm early in his career. James has a track record of taking products from embedded and device-level software through to scalable platform delivery, comfortable across firmware, backend services, and mobile ecosystems. His background includes defense and telecom consulting stints and a computer science degree from the University of Rochester, which underpin a pragmatic, systems-thinking approach to product engineering. Colleagues would cite his ability to bridge hardware-software gaps and turn regulatory and product constraints into reliable, patient- and consumer-facing solutions.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at University of Rochester
Github Skills (93)
converting10
eclipse10
client-library10
resize-images10
maestro10
image-server10
eclipseiot10
jpeg10
crop-image10
paho10
avif10
application-server10
image10
image-resizer10
png10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
pushd/ExoPlayerFilter
Sep 2021 - Jul 2023
This library uses OpenGL Shaders to apply effects on ExoPlayer video at Runtime
Contributions:3 releases, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
exoplayerexoplayer-videoshadersruntimeapply
pushd/loggliest
Oct 2016 - Jan 2022
Contributions:5 releases, 11 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 3 months
apilogglybulk-apiandroidloggly-client
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