James Thomason
Mobile Engineering Leader | Scaling $1B+ Customer Platforms | Org Design • Platform Strategy • Operational Excellence
- Role
- Mobile Engineering Manager at Grainger
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About James Thomason
I build and scale high-performing mobile engineering organizations that power revenue-critical customer experiences. I currently lead Grainger’s cross-platform mobile engineering organization (iOS, Android, AWS BFF). My focus is simple: build strong teams, modernize platforms, and deliver business impact with operational excellence. Over the past several years, I have: • Unified previously siloed platform teams into a single mobile organization • Increased release velocity 116% through SDLC modernization • Improved crash-free sessions from 98.3% to 99.8% • Reduced support burden 21% through enterprise observability transformation • Built and scaled a new mobile product from concept to enterprise adoption I care deeply about: Building durable engineering culturesDeveloping managers and senior engineersClear accountability and ownershipContinuous delivery and trunk-based developmentData-informed operational excellence (DORA, observability, reliability) I’m particularly energized by roles where mobile is a strategic customer channel — and where engineering leadership directly shapes product and business outcomes. If you’re building or scaling mobile engineering teams, I’d love to connect.
Experience
Mobile Engineering Manager
Jan 2021 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Education
The Starter League
Web Application Development (Ruby on Rails), HTML5 & CSS3, UX
2012 — 2012
Kansas State University
None, Various
1990 — 1991
Mobile Makers Academy
OBJECTIVE C / COCOA TOUCH / IOS SDK
2012 — 2012
Pittsburg State University
Bachelors, Mathematics
1991 — 1994
Blue Valley High School
College Prep
1986 — 1990
Skills
- Mobile Applications
- Mobile Devices
- Leadership
- Business Development
- Web Development
- Product Management
- Strategic Planning
- Ios
- Strategy
- Crm
- Program Management
- Software Development
- Ruby on Rails
- Objective-C
- Ios Development
- Training
- User Experience
- Html 5
- Git
- Ruby
- Test Driven Development
- Product Development
- Html5
- Cucumber
- Adobe Analytics
- Web Applications
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