CV - James Bryan Graves

James Bryan Graves is een freelance software ontwikkelaar, computer scientist, leraar en communicty organisator. James werkt veel voor Lava Lab als software ontwikkelaar, onder andere aan het project #goudenEeuw en Flinck. 
James is vanuit de Verenigde Staten naar Nederland verhuisd in 2009. Hij is de oprichter van Hackers & Founders Amsterdam in 2011, dit is een community van entrepreneurs en programmeurs met meer dan 2000 leden. James heeft met Hackers & Founders in 2014 een eigen co-working space bestaande uit een non-pro t community geopend aan de Herengracht in Amsterdam. Deze co-working space huist meer dan 85 leden. James werkt ook aan het web literacy programma Curious Monkeys voor kinderen van 9-12 jaar. James heeft 2 jaar gelden samen met Anja Groten en Selby een nieuwe community opgericht: Hackers & Designers.

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Experience

Freelance Software Engineer, Amsterdam, NL
August 2011 – Present


Hackers & Founders Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
Founder
February 2011 – Present

Hackers & Designers Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
Co-Founder

July 2013 – Present

Curious Monkeys, Amsterdam, NL
Co-Founder
September 2014 – Present

HearUsHere, Amsterdam, NL

Co-Founder
December 2012 – Present

Ideedock, Amsterdam, NL
Co-founder and CTO

August 2011 – May 2013


Whatser, Amsterdam, NL
Engineering Scrum Master, Mobile Lead
September 2009 – May 2011


Interactions, Inc, Carmel, IN USA
Senior Software Engineer

June 2008 – July 2009 


Sogeti (USA), Indianapolis, IN USA

Senior Software Consultant

August 2007 – June 2008


Computer Sciences Corporation (Arabia), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Senior Java Developer

February 2007 – May 2007


Software Architects, Indianapolis, IN USA

Senior Software Consultant

June 2005 – February 2007

Cantilever Technologies, West Lafayette, IN USA
Software Developer
October 2000 - February 2003

IBM, Burlington, VT USA
Software Engineer
May 2000 – October 2000 


Education

Purdue University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
May 2000

Speaking/Lecture/Workshop/Events

FIBER Festival, Speaker
Amsterdam, May 2017

Hackers & Founders Meetup, Speaker
Amsterdam, April 2017

REMEDI Pump collaborative conference, Speaker
Chicago, IL, April 2017

Oddstream Oddsay, Residency
Arnhem, April 2017

STRP Festival, Exhibitor
Eindhoven, March 2017

Baby you can drive my car (self-driving car), Workshop
Amsterdam, February 2017

KASK, … een kleptomaan neemt de dingen letterlijk …, Exhibitor
Gent, February 2017

Big Brother Awards, Workshop
Amsterdam, November 2016

Journey with Hovel Bot, Exhibitor
Brussels, October 2016

ACM Purdue University, Speaker
West Lafayette, IN, October 2016

Endless Cities Festival, Workshop
Toronto, September 2016

Otis College, Speaker
Los Angeles, September 2016

Mad Scientist Festival, Residency
Bern, September 2016

Hackers & Designers Summer Academy 2016, Organizer
Amsterdam, July 2016

Northside Festival, Exhibitor
Brooklyn, NY, June 2016

Sektor 3.0 Conference, Speaker/Exhibitor
Warsaw, May 2016

LibreGraphics Meetup, Workshop
London, April 2016

Sandberg Instituut, Workshop
Amsterdam, February 2016

ZineFest, Exhibitor
Berlin, November 2015

Mozfest, Workshop
London, October 2015

EBF Conference, Speaker
Groningen, September 2015

Hackers & Designers Summer Academy 2015, Organizer
Amsterdam, July 2015

Invisible Cities Festival, Residency
Gorizia, June 2015

Appril Festival, Exhibitor
Amsterdam, March 2015

University of Amsterdam, Workshop
Amsterdam, February 2015

Mozfest, Workshop
London, October 2014

Collision Conference, Exhibitor
Las Vegas, May 2014

Tech Crunch Disrupt, Exhibitor/Speaker
Berlin, October 2013