James is an accomplished Senior Executive, Consultant, and Entrepreneur with 14+ years of success in the online dating, pet, and real estate industries. Throughout his executive career, James has held leadership positions with HomeByHome.com, DesignPax.com, PuppySpot.com, Spark Networks, and as an independent marketing and strategy consultant. In his current role as Founder and CEO of Home By Home, he has been responsible for making home ownership simpler and more affordable by delivering qualified leads to reputable agents who offer discounted commissions to Home By Home customers. Concurrently, as the Owner of DesignPax, he formed the company to help marketing managers, small-business owners, and affiliate marketers slash the cost of production. Previously, as General Manager for Spark Networks, James built an elite online marketing team while improving overall efficiency, created models to properly predict revenues and cost-effectively buy media. James has a proven history of using strong analytic skills to qualify and quantify decisions, driving a business to make decisions that consistently build improvements in process, user experience, and—most importantly—the bottom line.
James holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management, with an emphasis in Marketing from Brigham Young University. He has served on the Board of the Google Client Advisory Council and is a Certified Transaction Coordinator in the state of California.