James Tauber

Current

CEO, CTO and Co-Founder at Eldarion
Board Member at Python Software Foundation

Past

CTO/Chief Scientist and Co-Founder at mValent
Director, XML Technology at Bowstreet
Lecturer at Curtin University

Principal at James Tauber & Associates (Self-employed)
Publications Manager at The University of Western Australia

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Education

University of Essex
The University of Western Australia

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James Tauber’s Summary

Experience in senior technical roles at software startups with emphasis on advanced technologies, product architecture and design, research and standards.

I am also an active member of the open source community (Python and Django) and blog at http://jtauber.com/blog/

I am on a leave of absence from doctoral studies in Linguistics at the University of Essex where I was researching the inference of inflectional morphology under a word-and-paradigm approach.

James Tauber’s Specialties:

Pinax, Django and Python development;
Web site design and management;
agile software development methodologies;
open source software approaches;
software startups

James Tauber’s Experience

CEO, CTO and Co-Founder

Eldarion

(Internet industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

Leading this innovative Web site and platform development company
Board Member

Python Software Foundation

(Computer Software industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

Serve as a general board member as well as Chair of the Trademarks Committee
CTO/Chief Scientist and Co-Founder

mValent

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

December 2001 — February 2009 (7 years 3 months)

mValent provides the leading tools for managing the configuration of large-scale application infrastructures. Part of the company from the beginning, I initially helped develop technical detail and prototypes for pitching to VCs. After the first round of funding, I helped build the engineering team in US and India. I then continued to be the lead technologist; involved in strategic product vision, business development, technical sales and day-to-day engineering operations. Saw the company through to a acquisition by Oracle in February 2009
Director, XML Technology

Bowstreet

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 1999 — February 2002 (2 years 8 months)

Hired as the in-house XML guru and subsequently focused on Web Services technologies. Was involved in research, standards (led DSML effort and was representative to OASIS and W3C), product design, evangelism, press and analyst interviews, training and numerous conference speaking engagements (including a number of keynote presentations). Also managed advanced technology group of three.
Lecturer

Curtin University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 1998 — June 1999 (1 year 6 months)

Developed and taught (for three semesters) a course on Web Site Management for both undergraduate and graduate business school students.
Principal
James Tauber & Associates (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 1997 — June 1999 (1 year 8 months)

XML Training; XML Consulting; Document Analysis and DTD Design; Electronic Publishing Consulting; Software Development.
Publications Manager

The University of Western Australia

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

April 1996 — December 1997 (1 year 9 months)

Responsible for both web and print publications for the University, managing a team covering editorial, design and IT. Drove the transition to an SGML/XML solution.

James Tauber’s Education

University of Essex

PhD , Linguistics , 2006 — 2012 (expected)

Researching the inference of inflectional morphology under a word-and-paradigm approach.
The University of Western Australia

BSc (Hons) , Linguistics and Mathematics , 1991 — 1995