John James
CTO of The Knot Worldwide | Marketplace | Fintech |Ecommerce | Travel | Supply Chain
- Role
- Chief Technology Officer at The Knot Worldwide
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John James
Results driven senior technology leader with a proven track record of over 20 years in orchestrating and executing strategic global technology initiatives across diverse sectors, including fintech, ecommerce, travel, supply chain, and telecommunications. Demonstrates proficiency in guiding and expanding high performing global software engineering, data, InfoSec and platform operations teams of 300+ employees and vendors to align with shared technology vision and overarching objectives. Adept at leveraging data to drive key performance metrics, collaborating with cross-functional teams in product, strategy, and business operations to achieve company objectives while maintaining a keen focus on customer values. Acknowledged for instrumental contributions to the re-platforming and optimization of highly available, multi-region, AWS, and private cloud architectures at a substantial scale, concurrently minimizing costs and ensuring a consistent 99.95+% uptime. Exhibits outstanding organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, coupled with the ability to cultivate and sustain en during professional relationships across all organizational levels.
Experience
Chief Technology Officer
Oct 2025 — Present · US
Leading global technology strategy, architecture, and engineering for the world’s largest wedding and events marketplace. Focused on building innovative platforms that seamlessly match couples with trusted vendors to bring their special celebrations to life. Driving global scale and personalization through AI, data, and modern platform engineering.
Education
QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
Bachelor's Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering
1997 — 1999
CQUniversity
Associate's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
1991 — 1995
Skills
- Subversion
- Splunk
- E-Commerce
- Eclipse
- Ejb
- Multivariate Testing
- Java
- Javascript
- Osgi
- Oracle E-Business Suite
- Xml
- Rest
- Sql
- Linux
- Agile Methodologies
- Maven
- User Experience
- Leadership
- Scalability
- Edi Ansi X12
- Software Development
- Nosql
- Angularjs
- Test Automation
- Python
- Bootstrap
- Edifact
- Saas
- Sap
- Apache Kafka
- Cloud Computing
- Supply Chain
- Pricing
- B2b
- Release Management
- Machine Learning
- Intellij Idea
- Ant
- Continuous Integration
- Mentoring
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