James Thomas is a highly accomplished computer scientist and engineer with a passion for big data processing. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University, an M. Eng., S.B. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and attended Bellarmine College Preparatory. Throughout his career, James has gained valuable experience interning at various prestigious organizations, such as Xilinx, Databricks, Microsoft, Cloudera, Benchling, Palantir Technologies, Boston Children's Hospital, NASA Ames Research Center, and Atypon.

James is an expert in high-performance big data processing, with a keen interest in new hardware and programming abstractions. He is committed to exploring and optimizing data processing technologies to extract valuable insights and drive impactful outcomes.