Thomas James is a CTO at UtilityOn at UtilityOn. Colleagues describe him as "I had the great fortune of spending a year running a team of 6 other senior software engineers alongside TJ. He and I were responsible for the outcome of an AU$2.4M project on behalf of a US-based client and spent our time managing stakeholders, inspiring our fellow developers, and otherwise doing whatever was necessary to ensure the team were able to deliver a positive outcome. TJ excels at distilling information taken from stakeholders to ensure the team had the appropriate amount of context in order to act as an autonomous and cohesive unit. He is also an excellent facilitator who juggles contrasting personality types to ensure all members of the team have an equal opportunity to contribute, and skilfully gains consensus in the face of imperfect knowledge." and "Thomas (TJ) is a true professional, whose experience and level-headed demeanor helped our project meet an aggressive deadline. I had the opportunity to work with (and learn from) TJ as we helped to coordinate two teams developing the next-generation online event registration forms for nonprofits at Blackbaud. His focus on delivering a high-quality solution ensured that we were able to verify our product with our Beta groups and quickly adapt based on customer usage. His collaborative nature helped to mesh two teams with markedly different development styles and keep them both moving towards a common goal while operating in completely different timezones. I learned a lot from TJ about how an adept team lead solves the right problems for the customer, communicates effectively, and helps drive a healthy team culture - I’d recommend him wholeheartedly as a developer or team lead."