James, the CEO of Collab.Land, has founded and grown web-based companies since the early 2000s. He was the first developer for Meta's (formerly Facebook) game Farmville, and held previous roles as a software and flash developer. An early member of the crypto community, James co-wrote a white paper on token-curated registries in 2017, was a co-creator of the Moloch DAO framework, and co-summoner of MetaCartel. He is proud to be involved in the evolution of the Internet, empowering individuals through digital ownership. In 2019, he co-founded Abridged, the parent company of Collab.Land, supporting collaborative economies with access to seamless blockchain UX.