James Dykstra

About James Dykstra

My mission is simple: improve lives with AI tools.I’m connecting with investors, enterprise leaders, and partners who share the vision of advancing AI in ways that make businesses stronger, smarter, and more human.After more than a decade shaping global strategy and AI monetization at Microsoft and Amazon, I now devote myself fully to building companies that help organizations put AI to work.DocuScout.comPeople don\'t have the bandwidth to study how to create and deploy AI assistants. MyDocuScout.com enables business operators to get AI-powered sales and quoting results without becoming engineers. Users say their desired outcomes, share business context, and let AI handle the tool building. AWS-accredited, security compliant, and live in the AWS Marketplace, used by enterprises and consumers across Europe, the Americas. Raising large seed to finance growth. PickBoard.comA digital hub where anyone can discover investment ideas from top financial gurus. Onboarded leading newsletters from Agora, and I continue to support the vision as we grow.Core StrengthsBuilding & Scaling VenturesBusiness Model Creation & MonetizationGlobal FP & A&P&L StrategyMarket Entry & Profitable Enterprise GrowthCulture-Building: Empathy, Inclusion, RetentionPast Achievements: At Microsoft, James led AI monetization for industry in partnership with leadership teams across business planning, engineering, finance, compliance, and marketing. He was formerly accountable for global business planning for the Microsoft Industry Clouds, spanning all product groups. At Amazon.com, James supported c-suite financial bridging and developed global growth strategies covering the full breadth of a >$400B annual GMS P&L for senior executives.After moving to Seattle for Amazon, James co-founded CodeStackSystems.com, a Seattle-based company that offers data engineering and AI development / integration services to enterprises globally. My Passions: I care deeply for environmental restoration and human welfare through non-profit leadership. As a board member, I work to improve the health of impoverished women and children in LATAM. My goal here is to help provide the foundations on which people can find hope and strive to improve the world. At Microsoft, I created and grew the Women’s Allyship global org and served on the steering committee of the Women’s Alliance in Cloud Marketing.Outside of work, you’ll usually find me exploring new AI tools, weightlifting, SCUBA diving, listening to audiobooks, or discovering new communities and experiences.

Experience

1. Co-founder

   Docuscout

   Dec 2018 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   DocuScout is an AI Inside Sales Assistant that knows your business and uses your tools. Connect your business data sources, securely and compliantly, out of the box, then use DocuScout to reduce time to quote from days to minutes.

Education

• Rollins College

  Bachelor’s Degree, Liberal Arts, Studies in Literature, Statistics, Physics, and International Business

  2008 — 2011

• Rollins College

  MBA, International Business; Marketing Strategy; (minor: Finance)

  2011 — 2013

Skills

• Project Management
• Amazon Redshift
• Nonprofits
• Leadership
• Business Process Improvement
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Market Research
• Time Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Sap Bi
• Data Analysis
• Writing
• Social Media
• Fmcg
• Global Strategy Development
• Sales
• Nutritionals
• Powerpivot
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Sql
• Forecasting
• Management Consulting
• Consulting
• Training
• New Business Development
• Prezi
• Marketing
• Strategic Planning
• Business Development
• Digital Marketing
• Team Leadership
• Competitive Analysis
• Direct Sales
• Start-Ups
• Product Marketing
• Social Media Marketing
• Project Planning
• Analytics
• Business Strategy