James Fredley is a serial technology entrepreneur, executive, volunteer, and investor with over 28 years of experience in software engineering, digital marketing, and startup growth. He has managed $1 billion in cumulative revenue across multiple startups, scaling them from minimal or zero revent to 7-10 figures per year. He is the Vice President and Chair of the Apache Grails Project Management Committee at the Apache Software Foundation, and a 2025 Grails Rock Star. He is member of the Computer Science Department Executive Board at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and an alumnus. He is based in Raleigh North Carolina where he lives with his wife and four sons.