James is a finance executive with deep experience in scaling high-growth B2B software companies. He has built and led foundational finance and operations teams at startups like Productboard, Wonderschool, and GitHub, guiding them from early-stage funding through to a major M&A exit. He holds a B. S. from the University of California, Berkeley.
He was a key M&A deal team member for the sale of GitHub to Microsoft.
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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Head of Finance
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview
How James shows up
Hard To Convince
ROI Conscious
Demanding
They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They respond well to confident salespeople. They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles.
Priorities
Topics James cares about
Scaling Finance Teams
He has repeatedly joined startups at Series A or B to build their entire finance and operations functions from the ground up, including at Productboard, Wonderschool, and GitHub.
AI-powered IP Protection
His current company, MarqVision, uses an "AI-native operating system" to help companies protect their brands and intellectual property, a mission he highlighted when joining.
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Career
Work history
9-2025
Head of Finance
MarqVision (YC S21)
3-2020 - 4-2025
SVP of Finance & Operations
Productboard
11-2018 - 3-2020
Head of Finance
Wonderschool
2-2016 - 11-2018
Director, Strategic Finance & Business Operations
GitHub
Private Equity
Accel-KKR
In the press
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