James started his career as a backend software developer. After releasing a number of popular open source libraries, he set up a digital agency Parallax, which is one of the fastest growing tech companies in the north for three years running.

Their work includes software for Enterprise that allows remote car unlocking, and more recently the platform for city-wide deployments of smart streetlighting infrastructure for Lucy Zodion. This included designing the Over-the-air Update firmware protocol to work over LoRaWAN. Designed to be robust and work in extremely low bandwidth conditions.

James is active in the development and cloud infrastructure world and is recognised as an Amazon Web Services Hero.

Parallax’s passion for beautiful design and technical know-how make them the perfect technology partner for any IoT project.