James Kent is a Core Platform Lead at Hosta AI. He possess expertise in sql, agile methodologies, asp.net, c#, software development and 39 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I had the pleasure of working with James during his time at Drift, and he was an invaluable member of our team. James had a unique ability to balance the needs of the code and the business, always thinking about how we could improve our systems to deliver more value to our customers. James was scrappy and resourceful, always looking for ways to optimize our systems and make them more efficient. He had a keen eye for detail and was always thinking about the long-term health of our codebase. Notably, James was able to identify key latent abstractions and motivate prioritizing this work by articulating the business need. He was also able to lean in with junior members of the team and level up their ability to reduce complexity without introducing risk and iterate toward increased business value. I would highly recommend James for any leadership or technical role, as he brings a unique blend of strategic thinking, technical expertise, and scrappiness to every project he works on." and "I had the opportunity to work with James and partner on leadership efforts throughout the two years we overlapped at Drift. James helped guide many complex initiatives to completion and demonstrated regularly a depth of knowledge in architecting, developing across the Java ecosystem and improving the infrastructure of our services. He leveled up our teams and services by systematically breaking down problems into achievable increments, investing in understanding each complex system and simplifying its parts into simpler and more reliable components. He coached others, and peer programmed often to ensure the team members he worked with gained a strong technical understanding of what was being built. James brings a positive attitude, openness to knowledge sharing, and a drive to help teams work more effectively that is a valuable asset to any engineering organization!"