Jim Gale
President at Gale-Force, LLC
Duvall, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJim Gale is a veteran software leader and entrepreneur with over 11 years of documented experience and a career spanning large-scale AI, IoT, and enterprise systems engineering. As President of Gale-Force, LLC and a long-time Principal at Microsoft, he has built AI productivity platforms, natural-language interfaces, and resilient workflows that processed billions of records and materially accelerated organizational decision-making. He helped architect Microsoft’s early IoT strategy and open-source projects that connected millions of devices, and his open-source contributions include UI and speech-recognition improvements to Microsoft’s Windows 10 IoT Core samples. Jim holds patents and led cross-team innovations—such as a Unified Emotional Framework for conversational AI and prompt-replay tooling—that have been integrated into Copilot and other production systems. Equally comfortable in hands-on development and strategic consulting, he now focuses on targeted AI applications, workflow automation, and educating technical professionals transitioning into AI. Based in Duvall, WA, he blends deep systems experience with a maker’s mentality—evident from embedded device tooling to large-scale AI platforms.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Irvine1st Black, Marshal Art, Self-Defense, 1st Black, Marshal Art, Self-Defense at Washington Black Belt AcademyB.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at DeVry Institute of Technologysymposiums, Artificial Intelligence, symposiums, Artificial Intelligence at Stanford University
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Github Skills (11)
uwp10
speech-recognition10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
xaml9
api9
apim9
iot7
net6
asp-net6
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ms-iot/samples
Oct 2015 - Oct 2015
Windows 10 IoT Core Samples
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 4 PRs, 2 pushes in 10 days
Contributions summary:Jim primarily focused on enhancing the UI and functionality of the SpeechTranslator application within the Windows 10 IoT Core Samples repository. Their contributions involved implementing features like translation triggers, error handling, and the start/stop functionality of speech recognition. Additionally, the user made changes related to application packaging and project setup, suggesting involvement in the overall development process. These improvements indicate an active role in both the front-end user interface and backend API integration aspects of the project.
iot-corewindows
ms-iot/virtual-shields-universal
Apr 2015 - Mar 2016
Virtual Shields Universal Windows App
Contributions:57 commits, 25 PRs, 14 pushes in 10 months
windowswindows-app
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