JAMES TAYLOR
Executive Certificate, Strategy and Innovation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
B.A. cum laude, Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder
James Taylor joined the Symbiotic Engineering leadership team in August 2009 and has responsibility for the product delivery and operations of Symbiotic Engineering’s technology platform. Prior to joining Symbiotic Engineering, James provided technical direction, architecture for new product development and engineering management across several global multi-site business units at TSYS iSolutions a provider of distributed financial software products serving over half of the top 20 global banks and thousands of corporations worldwide.
James brings over a decade of experience in bringing high-capacity and high-availability software products to market in several industries including Energy, Financial, Health Care, Government and Research. James is also an expert in information security and compliance and has specialized in software product delivery in a secure 24/7 operational environment.
- Responsibility for the delivery and operations of distributed software products with budgets ranging from $5M to $20M throughout the full product lifecycle
- Developed strategic relationships with technology providers and vendors
- Established, enforced, and improved IT procedures and policies
- Participated in overall business planning by bringing current knowledge and future vision of technology and systems as related to the company’s core business needs
- Assessed emerging technology solutions as related to strategic business needs
- Shaped and implemented product development lifecycle
- Held a lead role in the establishment and implementation of IT Security policies and procedures
- Part of two time CIO 100 award winning team for innovative product delivery.