James Butler

Monte Sereno, CA ***** • 408-***-**** • ad3qda@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Experienced technology leader with over 25 years in developing innovative products, with successful acquisitions by First American Title, American Home Shield, and Fidelity National Title. Skilled in leading both startup and Fortune 500 settings, championing the integration of artificial intelligence to revolutionize business models and user experiences. I have a deep passion for leveraging artificial intelligence to transform business process, aiming to minimize predictive tasks and enhance intuitive user interactions with a strategic focus on leveraging data analytics, cloud computing, and SaaS to deliver transformative results.

Experience

Technology Consultant 2023 - Present

Fidelity National Title

Led the development of AI data products as both team leader and developer using JIRA.

Pioneered a suite of AI innovations, including an AI object detection system to identify fire hazards, an automated task management tool leveraging MLS data to streamline sales processes, and predictive analytics for property listings.

Spearheaded the modernization of FNF's data and business infrastructure, enhancing the efficiency, quality and reliability of their database products.

Senior Director of Operations Post Acquisition 2018 - 2019

American Home Shield

Spearheaded the integration process for my company, US Hazard Disclosure, acquired by American Home Shield (AHS).

Led the migration of our property tax and spatial database, along with our sales and processing software, to AWS cloud solutions, enhancing operational efficiency.

Streamlined AHS's customer ordering process by integrating our sales methods and ordering data, significantly improving the user experience on the AHS customer website by migrating and modifying their existing go to market strategy.

Founder, CEO & CTO 2010 - 2018

US Hazard Disclosure

Developed an automated order processing system delivering customized SaaS products with REST, Json, XML preferences.

Negotiated the sale, terms, asset values, employee packages for a successful acquisition of US Hazard Disclosure.

Oversaw the development teams to gather and build extensive GIS data and real estate records.

Authored code for data streams of tax disclosure reports, identifying unique tax-related encumbrances.

Forged profit-sharing ventures, affiliate agreements, and partnerships, enhancing the hazard disclosure industry's scope with reports on drought and water quality, and risks like sinkholes and fracking.

Cultivated pivotal relationships with industry leaders, including negotiating partnerships and strategic alliances to bolster business goals.

Founder, CEO & CTO 1998 - 2007

Terracheck

Negotiated the sale, terms, asset values, employee packages for a successful acquisition of TerraCheck.

Developed a comprehensive hazard GIS database for California natural hazards, compliant with California AB 1142.

Created a property tax database with over 114 million levies statewide.

Automated GIS and SQL databases for custom property reports in California, significantly increasing disclosure sales and achieving a 77% market share in Santa Clara County.

Established distribution partnerships with various business customers.

Automated complex public bond calculations for levy amounts from bonds, including Mello Roos and 1915 bond instruments.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Computer Science

Oregon State University

Bachelor of Science: Finance

University of The Pacific - Stockton, CA

Further education in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science

University of Hawaii, Stanford University, University of San Jose

Skills

ITIL framework Artificial intelligence

Mechanical Design 3D Printing

Cybersecurity Information architecture

Strategic Partnerships Product Development

Project Management Start-Ups

Business Operations and Strategy Real Estate

CRM SaaS Business Models

Cloud, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Full Stack Engineer

Networking Protocols Hardware Configuration

Accomplishments

Fortune 500 entities, such as First American and American Home Shield, acquired 3 of my product technology companies, Terracheck, US Hazard Disclosure, and GeoTaxSolutions. Built three successful real estate and tech companies from the ground up to over $5M in sales in 2 years. Authored multiple patents; data aggregation techniques, creating, digitizing, translating, analyzing spatial data for building cadastral layers.

Certifications

Real Estate Broker

Volunteer Experience

Education Entrepreneur Speaker, 2023 - 2024

College of Business, Santa Clara University - Santa Clara, CA

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