James Barrese


James Barrese has a deep experience in building large-scale Internet applications, architectures and platforms. He is currently the CTO of PayPal.  James has been at eBay since 2001 in various technology and architecture roles. James has experience leading engineering from the startup level to large enterprises.

CURRENT TITLE CTO, PayPal
PREVIOUS COMPANIES VP of Engineering at Charitable Way; Manager at Accenture; Programmer at Stanford University
INVESTMENT INTEREST Cleantech
WIN INVESTMENTS

Hangtime

Hangtime, Inc., the company intent on upgrading your social life, launched the first and only app that maps friends’ social future, eliminating the millions of missed opportunities to be with friends.
BOARD/ADVISORY ROLES Microsoft Azure Advisory Board, Teradata Technology Board, Starcite Advisor
SPECIALTIES Infrastructure, Scalability, Engineering
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