Summary
Jim Bogan is a Chief Technologist and seasoned Java engineer with 16+ years leading Agile teams to deliver mission-critical web applications, including military systems used by thousands. He blends hands-on backend expertise (Spring Boot, JAX-RS, MyBatis, Kafka) with front-end modernization experience (AngularJS) and production ops (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Puppet) to own features end-to-end from requirements through maintenance. As a frequent technical lead he has steered geographically dispersed Scrum teams, driven re-architecture efforts that won contract recompetes, and mentored junior developers while running sprint planning and security reviews. Comfortable as the “jack-of-all-trades,” he repeatedly moves between coding, architecture, and operations to remove blockers and ensure delivery. Holding an MBA and a CS degree, he pairs technical depth with business context to produce auditable, maintainable systems for regulated environments.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, MBA at University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at Lafayette College