Hi, I'm Jim.

I do developer advocacy

Regional Cloud Advocate at Microsoft focusing on communities in the Pacific North West and the Redmond Reactor.
Particularly excited by open source software, upskilling students and early in career developers, the Internet of Things, and edge computing.

Jim uses he/him pronouns

Jim
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About Me

I am a Regional Cloud Advocate focusing on building out and skilling communities in the Pacific North West, with a focus on the Microsoft Reactor in Redmond, Washington, as well as a passion for the internet of things, edge computing and TinyML. I’m British, so I sound way smarter than I actually am.

In the past I’ve lived in 4 continents working as a developer in the mobile, desktop, and scientific space. I’ve spoken at conferences and events all around the globe, organised meetup groups and communities, and written a book on mobile development.

I also hate and am allergic to cats, but I have a 9-year-old daughter who loves cats, so I have 2 cats.

Here are a few technologies I've been working with recently:
  • IoT
  • Edge computing
  • AI
  • TinyML
  • C++
  • Python
  • C#
  • Rust

Recent highlights

Let's get personal: Computing

Let's get personal: Computing

On-demand interview series with cool projects that you can build.
IoT for Beginners

IoT for Beginners

12 Weeks, 24 Lessons. IoT for All!
Open Source Bootcamp

Open Source Bootcamp

A 2-day open source bootcamp to skill folks in Git and open source
#JulyOT 2022

#JulyOT 2022

Celebrate 31 days of IoT!

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