Jim Calvin
Owner at Retired
Harwich, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJim Calvin is an experienced systems architect and network-focused software engineer with roughly eight years of recent formal experience and a long career of leadership roles spanning MIT Lincoln Laboratory, BBN, and early AI startups. As a former group leader and principal engineer, he combines deep technical judgment in simulation, systems architecture, and networks with hands-on coding instincts—an "old school coder" who values practical, durable solutions. Now retired in Harwich, Massachusetts, he’s taking a deliberate pause while staying open to new and interesting technologies, bringing a rare blend of research lab rigor and startup pragmatism. His background in engineering design (Tufts MS) and computer science (Case Western BS) underpins a career comfortable oscillating between managerial stewardship and technical problem-solving.
8 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Case Western Reserve UniversityMS, Engineering Design, MS, Engineering Design at Tufts UniversityProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jim-calvin/stairway
Apr 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:15 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
jim-calvin/garage
Jul 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:28 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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