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james.donelan

VP of Engineering at MuleSoft. I've been working in technology and software engineering for over 15 years, leading development teams and building large-scale enterprise systems and cloud platforms. Prior to MuleSoft, I was VP Engineering and CTO at Sociable Labs, a social commerce and social engagement platform. Before that I was VP Engineering at Lithium Technologies at where I lead the engineering team responsible for creating a SaaS-based social community platform, analytics platforms and social media monitoring products used by some of the worlds biggest brands. I've also worked in a number of startups throughout the years. Before all this fun stuff I helped architect and build large scale international banking and financial trading systems in the US, Europe and Asia. Find me on Google+ and Twitter @jdonelan
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Why You Should Care Netflix is Shuttering Its Public API

  Netflix has decided to shut down public API support for third-party developers. An interesting decision, and in my opinion a bad one. Launched
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5 mins read | June 18, 2014
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In a connected world, the atmosphere is made of smart dust

I came across this article recently that highlights where connectivity could go, even beyond the 50 billion connected things expected to be on the
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3 mins read | April 9, 2014
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Top Holiday Gifts For Software Developers

Skip the hampers and gift cards and give the developers on your team something useful this holiday season to transform their hard-earned skills into
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9 mins read | December 23, 2013
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Code is Data, Data is Code

I was at the StrangeLoop conference last week and was surprised by the level of interest in dynamic and functional languages, in particular Clojure.
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8 mins read | September 26, 2013
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The Hunt For The Perfect API

Your API can be a key to your company’s success as it has been for companies like Twitter, Twilio and Box. Get it wrong
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14 mins read | September 17, 2013
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Lean Startup…meet Enterprise

There is a lot of talk about the lean startup and whether it works or not. Some proclaim it is critical to the success
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8 mins read | July 18, 2013
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MuleSoft named best place to work in 2013

MuleSoft has been named one of the “Best Places to Work” by the SF Business Times. The Times’ rankings are based on anonymous, voluntary
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8 mins read | May 7, 2013

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