Jim leads technology direction at Jama Software focusing on software architecture and design, data and database systems, secure and sustainable code practices as well as R&D. With a background in pure mathematics and complex analysis, Jim has over 20 years of experience building small to large transactional systems and mentoring teams of software architects and developers in multiple business verticals, across technology platforms and around the globe. He is passionate that building great systems is fundamentally about understanding all aspects of requirements and modeling those requirements in an easy-to-understand manner that help innovators to succeed.