About Me

Charts · Graphs · Figures

Twenty-one years ago I was rotating tires, repairing flats, and fixing your car.

I was miserable.

I went into the auto industry by way of an insatiable desire to learn. Cars had a lot of history and interesting things to teach me, but quickly I discovered it was a finite reservoir.

In early 1994 I met the web. In 1998 I got my first computer, since then I’ve been in a constant state of learning. Within two years I turned my hobby into a full-time job. For the last nineteen years, I've worked on a variety of projects with scales from millions of users to a just handful. Each project offering me a new learning experience and challenge. My work truly sparks joy.

Currently I'm working with AutoZone^® to improve their customer experience.

Previously, I worked with EllisLab improving content management; Amazon in the Books Org; A start up or two; An amazing agency in Nashville; And I ran a tiny studio for seven years.

Other hats and interests?

A dedicated and practicing father of four, and husband of one.

I love yo-yos. If you ask, I'll show you a trick or two.

A lifelong gamer. I collect and play a variety of games. I'm an equal opportunity gamer, from console to table-top, role-playing, mobile, and more.

I love to draw, and write fiction. Both as integral to my identity as my SSN.

Let's Connect 👋

Email me. I respond super quick, and I'm easy to talk to!

Alternatively, you can check out heavily curated versions of me on LinkedIn (professional me), Dribbble (designer me), GitHub (coder me), Twitter (lurker me), Instagram (artist me), and BoardGameGeek (gamer me).

Site Credits

jamesmathias.com is designed, built, and curated by James A. Mathias.

James chose Merriweather by Sorkin Type, and Roboto by Christian Robertson as the base typefaces. Additionally he uses Font Awesome by Dave Gandy to create responsible iconography through out.

jamesmathias.com is built on ExpressionEngine CMS. James used Adobe Photoshop to design the visual elements; Sublime Text to write the HTML, CSS, and jQuery; Grunt to compile and minify his code; And last, but not least Transmit to get everything up on his Nexcess server.

The second (II) version launched on February 19/2019.