James is a multidisciplinary design leader from NYC. He previously led design at Syndicate, a crypto company that's powering projects at leading culture-carrying companies like Nike, Coinbase, Optimism, and more. As employee 1, he grew Syndicate to 35 employees and over $28M in venture fundraising from leading VCs like A16Z, Paradigm, and Electric.
He's led design, often in a founding role, for a myriad of early-stage startups for over a decade and is passionate about design education, speaking, mentoring, and building the design community. James has been a member of the DXC core team since DXC's inception.