Bud James:
CLASS OF 1973
Crawford High SchoolClass of 1973
San diego, CA
Horace Mann Junior High SchoolClass of 1970
San diego, CA
Bud's Story
Robert “Bud” James, Ph.D., M.Div., BSCIT, is a seasoned C-Level executive with more than 35 years of proven expertise in information technology, e-commerce, and systems management. He has significant team leadership, product development, and project management experience. He holds several professional certifications, including Scrum Master, ITIL Trainer, and Master Scuba Instructor.
• At MySpace he was the original CTO and key creator in designing and managing the world’s first social media platform, attracting 6M new users over nine months
• As CTO at A-OK, he developed and applied for a patent for the e-commerce tool, “Highly Secure Internet Transactions Designed to Reduce Repudiation” which allowed them to conduct the world’s first debit card transaction via the Internet, illustrating the success of Star Systems and Citibank
• As CTO and President at One Sphera he designed the technology and authored the whitepaper for the alt-currency Community Coin, was the Project Manager for the software build and Beta test, and co-applied for a patent on the “Value Chain Advertising Platform and Methodology.”
In addition to running large software development organizations, he has been involved in starting up new companies, was a key player in creating internationally-based support organizations, and has held a broad range of managerial, technical, and Project Manager positions in Fortune 500 companies including Oracle, BEA, and Unisy...Expand for more
s. He is a US Air Force Special Operations Combat Controller Veteran.
Bud is a graduate of All Faiths Seminary International, is an ordained Interfaith Minister, and holds a Master of Divinity and Doctorate of Spiritual Counseling. He is a Master Neuro-Linguistic Psychology Practitioner and Instructor, as certified by New Vistas International™. He is a Hypnotist Examiner and Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, as certified by the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners. Bud is certified as an Enneagram in Business Coach by Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Ph.D., and uses the Enneagram extensively in all his relationships. He is the co-author of the PAUSE Model of Spiritual Counseling™ which represents his life work.
A skilled orator and instructor, in addition to teaching Scuba Diving for decades with over 4,000 dives (PADI Master Instructor #6554), Bud has been sought after as a speaker and motivational coach. He has appeared on television (TechTV, UPN, & Microsoft TSP-TV) and numerous talk radio shows on various Internet security topics. He has also been on a number of panels and conferences as a key speaker and presenter (Oracle Open World, VMworld, StorageWorld, Microsoft Global Briefing, and others).
Bud is the Sr. VP of Curriculum and a Master Trainer for Memory Spring, a corporate training organization that delivers problem-solving solutions through vivid hands-on learning experiences to enhance an organization’s performance.
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