James Taylor
Master’s of Science Degree in Business Information Systems and Analytics) | CSM (Certified ScrumMaster)
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• Winner of the Editor's Pick Award 2013 for the "Autodesk Maya Fan App" (BestWindows8App.net) • Two-time U.S. National Finalist (top 5 out of 40,000+ teams) in the Microsoft Imagine Cup Software Design Competition. (Imagine Cup Competition of 2011 and 2012 at Microsoft Campus) • 15 years of professional programming experience. • 15 years of digital graphics and 3D modeling experience. • Served as a youth pastor for 7 years. • Served as President of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) local Arkansas chapter. • Served as Vice President of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) local Arkansas chapter. • Presented at the 2012 Microsoft U.S. Public Sector Summit for the top 200 CIOs in the country at Microsoft Campus. • Developed a Microsoft Azure proof-of-concept web and windows phone mobile application and then presented it to the Walmart and Microsoft Senior Executives in 2011 at Walmart headquarters. • Published an article in the 2004 Arkansas Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network: Comparing Normalization Techniques for Two Color Oligonucleotide Microarrays. • Programming member of the 2012 Imagine Cup Software Design national finalist software development team “Physically Kinected”. • Very passionate about developing mobile games/apps, developing Kinect applications, 3D modeling, UI/UX, and stretching the limits of technology.
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Senior Software Engineer
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Performed software lead duties for projects including working with project managers and other development teams to address impediments to meet the deadlines. • Set up seating system and arrangements using Visual Studio 2022 with C#, CSS, JSON, Git, and Azure for the 2023 Sci-Tech Awards, 2023 Gov...
Senior Software Engineer
• Performed leadership duties for software development team including working with project managers and other development teams to address impediments to meet the deadlines. • Performed ScrumMaster ceremonies and created stories in an Agile work environment. • Worked with development teams to des...
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Education (9)
Berg Acting Studios
Jan 2019 - Jun 2024
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2019 - 2020
Truthful Acting Studios Conservatory
2015 - 2018
Skills (40)
Certifications (20)▼
Enterprise Agile: Growing Scrum
Contributor
Productboard
DevOps Foundations: Lean and Agile
Lynda.com
Agile Project Management: Comparing Agile Tools
Lynda.com
Agile Project Management with Microsoft Project
Lynda.com
Agile Product Owner Role: Foundations
Lynda.com
Enterprise Agile: Changing Your Culture
Lynda.com
Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate
Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes
Azure: Understanding the Big Picture
Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
Azure Active Directory: Basics
CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) Complete Course & Exam
Udemy
Agile Development Practices
Lynda.com
Become an Agile Project Manager Learning Path
Lynda.com
Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts
Stay Lean with Kanban
Lynda.com
Agile Product Owner Role: Techniques
Lynda.com
Google AI Essentials
Angular - The Complete Guide (2024 Edition)
Udemy
Publications (1)▼
Comparing Normalization Techniques for Two Color Oligonucleotide Microarrays
Arkansas Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network · Aug 1, 2004
Honors & Awards (6)▼
2012 US Microsoft Public Sector CIO Summit Presenter
Issued by Microsoft Corporation · Mar 2012
Had the honor and privilege to present and demonstrate to the top 200 CIOs in the US the CAMI (Collaboration and Annotation of Medical Images) application that my software design team developed which is a solution that allows medical professionals to use technology to collaborate in real time across distances to save lives.
2012 Microsoft US National Imagine Cup Software Design Finalist (3rd Place out of 40,000+ teams)
Issued by Microsoft Corporation · Apr 2012
My software design team "Physically Kinected" placed 3rd nationally in the Microsoft Imagine Cup software design competition. • Software: CAMI (Collaboration and Annotation of Medical Images) - A personal computer, Mobile Application, Microsoft Kinect gesture and voice recognition solution that allows medical professionals to use technology to collaborate in real time across distances using Microsoft LYNC to save lives. (Available on Personal Computer, Mobile Devices) • Video: http://youtu.be/nxtA0dVLIS0 • Articles: - http://www.imaginecup.com/blogs/imagine_cup_finals/archive/2012/04/20/imagine-cup-turns-10-a-decade-of-inspiring-students-to-dream-big.aspx - http://ualr.edu/www/2012/05/15/ualr-places-in-microsoft-imagine-competition/ - http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2012/may/29/ualr-team-takes-3rd-microsoft-finals-20120529/
Live Television "Daybreak" Interview
Issued by KATV-TV (ABC) Channel 7 on "Daybreak" · May 2012
Live television interview on KATV-TV (ABC) Channel 7 during "Daybreak" discussing my software design team's project winning 3rd place in the Microsoft Imagine Cup Software Design US Finals. (3rd Place out of 40,000 teams). • Website: http://www.katv.com/category/191501/daybreak
2013 Winner of the Best Windows 8 Apps - Editor's Pick Award for the "Autodesk Maya Fan App"
Issued by BestWindows8App.net · Nov 2013
BEST WINDOWS 8 APPS (Editor's Pick Award) http://bestwindows8apps.net/autodesk-maya-fan-app/ Autodesk Maya Fan App Autodesk Maya Fan app gives you a look at all things related to Maya 3D modeling and animation. The app gives you a clean interface to view multiple forms of Maya content from a fan’s perspective. This app allows you to view images, content, and multiple training videos to allow any Maya fan to learn more.
2011 Microsoft US National Imagine Cup Software Design Finalist (5th Place out of 40,000+ teams)
Issued by Microsoft Corporation · Apr 2011
My software design team "Voltron" placed 5th nationally in the Microsoft Imagine Cup Software Design Competition. • Software: Harnesses the power of “crowdsourcing” by collecting information from parents of children with cancer, matching it up with GIS data, and running data analytics against the data, which will be stored on Microsoft Azure cloud platform to look for causes of pediatric cancer. • Websites: - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2010/nov10/11-22solvethispr.aspx - http://ualr.edu/cob/2011/03/30/business-2/
Presentation to the Walmart Senior Executives
Issued by Walmart · Jan 2011
Had the honor and privilege to present to the Walmart and Microsoft Senior Executives a Microsoft Azure Cloud and proof-of-concept web and mobile application which my software design team developed.
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