Mark James
CEO Founder at Self-employed Independent consultant
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolMark James is a veteran technology executive and founder with 30+ years translating game-tech, live services, and cloud-native platforms into production-grade, revenue-driving systems. As CEO of Bottled Lightning Studios and former CTO at Striking Distance and Endava Games, he’s built and scaled engineering organizations, shipped AAA titles, and operationalized AI and real-time systems across multi-tenant platforms. He excels at bridging creative product vision and rigorous platform architecture—turning emergent AI capabilities into core architectural differentiators rather than surface features. Known for pragmatic, investor- and publisher-facing due diligence and studio advisory work, he helps studios become investor-ready and commercially sustainable. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he combines hands-on engineering roots with strategic leadership across games, platforms, and live-ops—an uncommon mix that drives both technical innovation and measurable business outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
Post Graduate Diploma, Software Project Management, Post Graduate Diploma, Software Project Management at Open UniversityONC and HNC, Electronic Engineering, ONC and HNC, Electronic Engineering at Mid-Kent College of Higher and Further EducationChatham South Secondary SchoolGithub contributions (3)
jimmyjam69/hello-world
May 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
github-tutorial
jimmyjam69/Imposters
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
Contributions:1 push, 2 branches in 1 day
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