Hi, I'm Jim.

My Story

For 19 years, I worked as a software developer for several corporations and startups. Around 2016, I took part in a few weekend hackathons focused on building apps for social justice and Christian causes. After one of those weekends, I became aware of a need at a non-profit I was already volunteering for, and I pulled together a group of developers to tackle it. To make a long story short, life got in the way — the project got rebooted more than once, but I could never get it across the finish line. In 2024, I retired, and that finally gave me the time to finish it: NeedsRegistry.com.

Retirement also gave me the time and motivation to give back to the city I was born and raised in. As I got more involved, I found myself drawn to the needs of adults with developmental differences, along with needs around our schools and food instability.

Since then, most of my time outside of work has gone toward volunteering in my own community of Irving, Texas. I serve on the Irving Parks and Recreation Board, the Irving ISD Bond Committee, the Irving ISD District Improvement Committee, and the Irving ISD Long Range Planning Committee. I'm a member of the Special Olympics Texas game management team for pickleball, tennis, and basketball, and I chair the Food Instabilities committee for the Irving Community Action Network. I also serve at my church, Irving Bible Church, through several of its ministries. In the past, I've also served on the City of Irving's Disability Board and volunteered with ACEing Autism Dallas.

Somewhere along the way, I realized the technical skills I use professionally were exactly what a lot of these organizations needed and couldn't afford. A food pantry coordinator doesn't need a pitch deck — they need a way for people to actually find free food. A tournament director doesn't need a consultant — they need software that gets bracket and scheduling headaches off their plate on tournament day.