James served as Eduventures Principal Analyst for Technology at Encoura between 2016 and 2023 and remains a Senior Fellow on the team. James worked for more than 20 years in education technology and now works for the ListEdTech. Among his many roles in education technology, James was the Executive Vice President of Enterprise Services at the Center for Educational Leadership and Technology (CELT). Prior to CELT, James successfully designed and managed over 15 large-scale education technology engagements, including the New York State Education Portal, the Rhode Island Department of Education Statewide Longitudinal Data System, and the Hawaii Enterprise Application Integration Solution projects. James is recognized as an authority on privacy and security, data quality, analytics, and cloud services. As an independent consultant for the Public Consulting Group, he advised on the Common Education Data Standards and designed and implemented data integration and quality processes. James holds an MA and a BA in Classics from Cambridge University, a Certificat d’Enseignant in Sociology from L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and a BA in Philosophy, Greek and Latin from Lehman College, The City University of New York.