James Bossert
Software Engineering Leader | Co-Founder | Mentor
- Role
- Co Founder and Lead Developer at Fairlady Media
- Location
- Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About James Bossert
I’m a passionate and empathetic leader who thrives in collaborative environments where diversity, creativity, and curiosity are valued most. My 25+ year career in software engineering includes directing teams at a fast-paced consulting agency, accelerating software delivery for Fortune 50 clients, co-founding a successful mobile gaming business, and managing an enterprise instructional technology department. I embrace a growth mindset in everything I do, and I’m ready for my next big challenge!
Experience
Co Founder and Lead Developer
Nov 2008 — Present
Created the hugely popular Grandma and Grandpa kid’s brand on the App Store. Currently 13 apps in the series with 1 million(!) in sales, 3.5 million downloads, strong support from Apple including multiple App Store front-page features, and numerous design accolades including 12 Editor’s Choice awards from Children’s Technology Review.Perfected a 3-month design to deployment production window for App releases in an industry that averages 6+ months per app.Consulted and developed apps for clients including Sesame Street (Monster at the End of This Book), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Curious George), codeSpark, Hearst, Callaway Digital, Mobiquity, Sanrio (Hello Kitty), Chaotic Moon, North Carolina State University, American Greetings (Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears), New Mexico State University (Night of the Living Debt) and Global Knowledge.Focused on Apple native development tools including Xcode, Objective-C, Swift, Cocos2d, and SpriteKit.Developed and published a cross-platform app using Unity3d (Smashing Grammar).
Education
North Carolina State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science
1993 — 2002
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