James Elwood
Who am I...
I am a proven technical leader driving startup growth phases to a successful sale. Passionate about building and leading diverse teams through business growth stages by developing solid financial and technology practices. Adept at orchestrating strategic initiatives, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and implementing cutting-edge technologies to propel organizational success.
What have I done...
In my role as a Director of Software Engineering and Services at Jack Henry (2019-2023) I accomplished the following:
Championed engineering effort to design and develop Machine Learning practices, revolutionizing the process of cleaning and categorizing financial transaction memos.
Directed the successful transition of the white label business into a first-class feature set of online banking.
Achieved substantial business growth, expanding the number of financial transactions under purview from 200 million to 600 million per month.
Continued to lead the FinOps practice, maintaining operational cost growth at less than 3% year over year.
Successfully transitioned Audit and Compliance practices into corporate ownership, providing education and support to the responsible teams.
Effectively integrated engineering teams into the corporate structure.