Summary
Travis James is a seasoned CTO and software architect with over three decades of experience building scalable systems and leading engineering teams at Microsoft, Yahoo, Intuit, and multiple startups. He founded and led companies that shipped pioneering video encoding and live-streaming products (including tech tied to the $4B Broadcast.com acquisition) and now architects AI- and cloud-native platforms like Tribe Core — an open-source Firebase alternative integrating Supabase, Ory, Temporal, NATS and Azure OpenAI. Equally comfortable in low-level languages and enterprise stacks (from BASIC and C++ to .NET, SQL Server and Visual Studio), he combines deep technical breadth with startup grit to turn new technologies into production-ready products. His recent roles focus on decentralized social platforms and AI-enabled healthcare data systems, reflecting a talent for applying cutting-edge stacks to domain-specific problems. Known for ranking #1 at Microsoft three years running, he is also a hands-on mentor who builds high-performing teams and pragmatic, revenue-driving solutions.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS Mechanical Engineering, BS Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin