E284 James Tammaro, VP of Engineering at CatapultX

Today's guest is James Tammaro, VP of Engineering at CatapultX in New York. Founded in 2018, CatapultX are the On-Stream™ Video Monetization & Contextual AI Platform. Their proprietary technology uses Artificial Intelligence to reinvent advertising by eliminating the interruptive experience consumers have grown to hate and allowing you to win the moment™.CatapultX provides the simplest tools to generate more revenue from your videos or ROI on your video ads, anywhere they live.

James has 15 years of experience developing software and leading software product teams across diverse business and technology domains. He has extensive experience driving product strategy, delivering products and collaborating across functional groups within an organization. He is a Certified Scrum Master with the ability to drive low level product design discussions, roadmaps and interfacing with customers. James takes a pragmatic approach to the SDLC process, balancing long term goals with short term "get to market now" needs.

In the episode, James will discuss:

CatapultX’s work in on-stream video advertising,

Challenges that they are solving in the industry,

Use case of the benefits they bring to clients,

The successful growth of the team,

How to build & manage a data science team in a startup,

What he enjoys most about working at CatapultX,

Advice on making the switch from academia into industry and

What excites him for the future