James Whelton
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Experience
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Conjure
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Internet Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder
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Sep 2020 - 3 years 4 months
Conjure is a platform to manage habits, time, achievements and behaviors, through data and automation, to help you be who you want to be.
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CoderDojo
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder
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Jun 2011 - 12 years 7 months
Ireland
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Raspberry Pi Foundation
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United Kingdom
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Education Administration Programs
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100 - 200 Employee
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Member
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Jun 2017 - 6 years 7 months
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MailMate
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Japan
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Software Development
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Technology
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Sep 2020 - Feb 2022
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Xenon Partners
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technology, M&A
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Mar 2019 - Mar 2020
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Talkcircle | Online Therapy
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United States
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Mental Health Care
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Advisor
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Jul 2017 - Dec 2018
Advised in the selection of TalkCircle's development team and technology stack. Currently advising in quality and strategy, along with general development needs
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AYM Commerce
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United Arab Emirates
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Director
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Aug 2016 - Jun 2018
Dubai, United Arab Emirates AYM is an investment holding company specialising in breakthrough digital technologies and online business in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Initially serving as Chief Technology Officer at AYM's inception, then transitioning to Managing Director once key project Danube Online was launched
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Cobone – كوبون
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United Arab Emirates
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO
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Apr 2014 - Jan 2015
Dubai Joined the UAE's biggest deal site Cobone to work on both Cobone and it's sister travel site Safarna (formerly Triperna) as CTO. During my time, I introduced a number of improvements to workflow (GitFlow, continuous integration, micro-services, internal documentation, retrospectives, weekly tech talks, remote working and more), tools (Yeoman, Bower, Travis-CI, SauceLabs for acceptance testing, HipChat, TeamWork.com and more) and technologies (AngularJS, LESS, NodeJS, Hapi and more), also… Show more Joined the UAE's biggest deal site Cobone to work on both Cobone and it's sister travel site Safarna (formerly Triperna) as CTO. During my time, I introduced a number of improvements to workflow (GitFlow, continuous integration, micro-services, internal documentation, retrospectives, weekly tech talks, remote working and more), tools (Yeoman, Bower, Travis-CI, SauceLabs for acceptance testing, HipChat, TeamWork.com and more) and technologies (AngularJS, LESS, NodeJS, Hapi and more), also being responsible for A/B testing and product performance and growth. We launched and developed a number a things such as internal tools for revenue/target tracking, referrals, mobile apps, launch of booking engine, rebuilt frontend with Angular and more. I built a team with highly skilled senior product manager, designers and developers (mobile, frontend and backend) from around the world (US, Serbia, Indian and more) both in-house and remote. I worked with other members of the management team to lead Cobone successfully through an acquisition in December of 2014. Show less
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Polaris Partners
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United States
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Entrepreneur out of Residence
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2014 - 2015
Boston
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ReachOut Ireland
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Ireland
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Non-profit Organizations
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Director
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2013 - 2014
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Dublin City University
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Ireland
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Social Entrepreneur in Residence
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May 2013 - Dec 2013
Meeting and advising students on social entrepreneurship.
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Hacker in residence
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Apr 2012 - Dec 2013
Boston Advising on technology pitched by candidates and assisting with technical aspects.
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SOSV
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United States
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Social Entrepreneur in Residence
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Jan 2012 - Jan 2013
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Freelance Web Designer, Developer and Consultant
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2008 - 2011
I was commissioned to develop websites, both static and dynamic with various Content Management Systems. I was also commissioned to deal with a number of IT tasks of varying complexity. A brief overview of tasks I was commissioned for: -Web design and development -IT and Wireless Security -IT Forensics -Yearbook photography management -Event filming -Presentation creation -Media conversion solutions (VHS to DVD) -SEO and User Experience -iOS App Developement… Show more I was commissioned to develop websites, both static and dynamic with various Content Management Systems. I was also commissioned to deal with a number of IT tasks of varying complexity. A brief overview of tasks I was commissioned for: -Web design and development -IT and Wireless Security -IT Forensics -Yearbook photography management -Event filming -Presentation creation -Media conversion solutions (VHS to DVD) -SEO and User Experience -iOS App Developement and release -Twitter and Facebook API work (bots, scripts, automation) -Scripted data collection, parsing and analysis Show less
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Consultant, Salesman, In-House Web Developer
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Dec 2009 - Jun 2010
Part time position through school year. Opened and ran shop solo on Sundays. Worked full time in June. Worked on tasks including security, hardware and screen repairs, web (front and back end), software and OS repair, ground floor sales team member.
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Education
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Presentation Brothers College Cork