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Applied Intelligence Live! Austin
September 20 - 21, 2023
Austin Convention CenterAustin

James Whittaker
Chief Evangelist at DefinedCrowd
Speaker

Profile

James Whittaker’s career spans academia, start-ups and top tech companies and starts in 1986 as the first computer science graduate hired by the FBI. James then worked as a freelance developer, most notably for IBM, Ericsson, SAP, Cisco and Microsoft, specializing in test automation. He joined the faculty at the Florida Institute of Technology where he continued his prolific publication record in software testing and security. In 2002 his security work was spun off by the university into a startup which was later acquired by Raytheon.

James’ first stint at Microsoft was in Trustworthy Computing and Visual Studio. He then joined Google as an engineering director and led teams working on Chrome, Maps and Google+. In 2012 James rejoined Microsoft to build the Bing Information Platform and then reboot Developer Evangelism. He is now the Chief Evangelist for Defined Crowd.

James is known for being a creative and passionate leader and sought after speaker and author. Of his five books two have been Jolt Award finalists and one a best-seller. Follow him on Twitter @docjamesw and at his website docjamesw.com.


Agenda Sessions

  • The 800 Pound Robot in The Room

    11:00