James Pancoast in

James Pancoast

Login to view DISC.
Platform Architect at Koddi
📍 Denver Metropolitan Area, United States

James is a Platform Architect at Koddi with 12 years of experience designing and running cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes. He specializes in platform engineering, AI-assisted infrastructure, and Terraform. He holds professional certifications from AWS and HashiCorp and earned a Bachelor of Science from George Mason University.

James has expressed interest in sharing his technical insights more broadly, having considered starting a blog or series of posts titled "Pancoasts Platform Pontifications." He also actively evaluates and forms opinions on emerging technologies like AI coding assistants, comparing tools such as Amazon Q.

He was one of the first engineers outside of Netflix to work with early versions of their cloud tools, including Spinnaker and Titus.

Read the full overview →
Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Platform Architect
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Denver Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How James shows up

Communication Style
Decision Approach
Work Preference

Behavioral traits and communication patterns that shape how this person evaluates opportunities, builds trust, and makes decisions in professional settings.

Login to view personality overview.
Priorities

Topics James cares about

Multi-Cloud Platforms
He has over a decade of experience architecting and managing production infrastructure across both AWS and Azure for companies like Koddi.
AI Infrastructure
He built GPU inference infrastructure for a recommendation engine at Koddi and has publicly shared his evaluations of AI coding assistants like Amazon Q.
+5 more topics Login to view topics
Career

Work history

7-2024
Platform Architect
Koddi
5-2021 - 5-2024
Senior Technical Architect & Platform Engineering Manager
Petabloc - cloud consulting
4-2019 - 5-2021
Distinguished Engineer
Kenzan
2-2006 - 6-2012
Senior Systems Engineer, Unix
Time Warner Cable
In the press

Media appearances

No media yetWe could not find public media appearances for this person.
Education
2004 - 2011
Bachelor of Science
George Mason University
Social presence
in
Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

DISC behavioral profile

Dominance, influence, steadiness, and calculativeness scores with guidance on how this person prefers to communicate and decide.

Login to view DISC.

More profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Unlock the full playbookSee exactly how to sell to James. Free, 10 seconds.