Jim Duke possesses expertise in leadership, distributed systems, requirements analysis, agile, release management and 69 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Jim Duke is likely the best hire I have ever made. He is an excellent engineering leader. He has shown a remarkable ability to recruit and hire diverse talent. He consistently had very high employee engagement scores and was well liked and respected by his team, his peers and executives. He does very well in presenting to customers in both individual and large groups. He is detailed oriented and strives to deliver the highest quality products on time. I would hire him again without hesitation." and "I reported to Jim while a manager and sr. manager at F5. It is amazing how much influence a person can have in what is a relatively short time of interacting with each other. Prior to reporting directly to him, I felt a special connection with Jim because we both came from larger companies with highly defined processes for delivery and quality. Because of this connection, I always enjoyed our conversations especially when I needed someone to simply ask the question, "Is my thinking off here?". Engineers and Leaders look up to Jim because of his insight and knowledge about the delivery of SW and products and his ability to lead a team that executes. The teams under Jim always delivered features and fixes on time and with quality including his teams that were directly working with customers. Status was transparent and results were impressive including defining processes and procedures that are used every day in F5 product development. Leaders also seek Jim out because rarely are you in a scenario that Jim has not had direct experience with. He offers insight from his experiences in what went well and what didn't in a way that it becomes fairly clear which path to take. Jim has the unique ability to quickly assess a complex situation and distill the basic facts that allow him make decisions (or help others make those decisions). This is a leadership quality that I try to follow, albeit not as well as Jim does. Many times, I ask myself what would Jim do in this situation. Jim's mentoring has and hopefully will continue to be a guiding light in my career. "