Nathan James
Chief Product Officer at Planet DDS
Suwanee, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan James is a product and technology executive with over a decade of hands-on experience building and scaling SaaS, fintech, and vertical ERP products, currently serving as Chief Product Officer in the dental software space. He combines deep Agile transformation experience—having founded and grown a multimillion-dollar Agile software company and led major waterfall-to-Agile shifts—with strong execution in payments, integrations, and platform re-architecture for multi-million-user applications. His career includes driving rapid revenue and operational gains (e.g., 35% product growth in six months, slashing onboarding from months to weeks) and implementing machine learning, OCR, and complex payment rails across international markets. A pragmatic builder who still contributes code and tests—particularly in blockchain-focused open-source projects like Scatter—he blends product strategy, engineering rigor, and security-minded QA to deliver reliable, scalable systems. Based in Suwanee, GA, he also has a track record of inventing internal portfolio and capacity systems that materially improved R&D throughput and decision-making.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Highschool, Highschool at James AcademyBS Interdisciplinary Studies - Business, BS Interdisciplinary Studies - Business at Liberty University
English
Github Skills (24)
javascript10
testing10
css10
user-authentication10
authentication10
user-interface10
websocket10
mochajs10
front-end-development10
vue10
chai10
blockchain10
html10
vue-jsx10
vuex9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
GetScatter/ScatterApps
Aug 2018 - Jan 2021
A repository of applications using Scatter
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:307 commits, 187 PRs, 260 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Nathan primarily focused on writing and maintaining tests for the `scatterapps` repository. Their contributions include adding tests, ensuring proper JSON structures, and verifying the safety of SVG images used in the application. They also implemented type checking tests to validate the types of data used within the application, demonstrating a focus on code quality and robustness. The changes reflect a focus on comprehensive testing to prevent potential vulnerabilities and ensure the reliability of the application data.
pythonscatter
GetScatter/scatter-js
Aug 2018 - Aug 2020
Importable JavaScript library that allows web applications to directly interface with Scatter Desktop, Classic and Mobile.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 439 commits, 49 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Nathan's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the web application's interaction with the Scatter Desktop and Classic and Mobile applications. They added local storage functionality for the application, including key setters and getters, indicating an effort to persist application data. In addition to that, they worked on reconnection capabilities, ensuring the application can handle disconnections and attempting to reconnect and re-establish the connection, and implementing improved authentication, specifically for both Desktop and Extension cases.
javascriptmobile
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