Hey, I’m James.

I’ve spent 20 years building the software that runs businesses. Now I help people put AI to work in theirs.

Finance and computer science degrees from Georgia Tech. I started in e‑commerce to pay for college and never stopped building: two decades in ERP and business operations software, a few startups across e‑commerce, food, and apps, and years at Ascent learning how businesses actually operate across dozens of verticals.

What I’m building & doing

• Fractional CTO / CPO

  I help you operationalize your product and engineering teams. Engineering audits, product team audits, hands-on leadership without the full-time hire.

• 27 Labs

  AI consulting for small and mid-sized companies: organizational AI adoption, AI engineering workflows, and identifying the AI opportunities actually worth building into your product.

  27labsai.com
• Knead

  All-in-one software for home bakers and cottage food businesses, built with my wife and CEO, Beth. I watched how much running her bakery without a system weighed on her, so we built one. Free forever for anyone just getting started.

  kneadapp.co
• Paladin site soon

  An AI ERP you can self-host. Your data stays yours, on your hardware. There’s a hosted version for a small fee if you’d rather not run it yourself.

Off the clock

Father and husband. Gardener, cook, Atlanta sports lifer — Georgia Tech, the Falcons, the Braves, and Atlanta United, where I’m a founding member and was a capo in the supporters’ section when we won the MLS Cup. And I love throwing the ball with my dog.