Duke University · San Francisco, CA

Alec James

I drive product and business strategy to empower users and convert them to lifelong customers. I lead teams working on new ideas and frontier technologies to scale.

Global Operator · Product & Growth Leader

me@alecwaj.com →LinkedIn →

The cherry, turning — autumn, October

Impact

11

global products launched

120+

deals closed

12

public speaking events

$350k+

revenue generated

$10k+

raised for charity

$80M+

in public valuations

8

countries of operation

3x

engineering team growth

17 → 54 engineers

0-500K

audience growth

16

autonomous workflows built

Working alongside

The New YorkerUnited NationsTIMETim DraperPaul EnglishLightspeed FactionPantera CapitalDragonflyPolymarketCoinbaseSonyArbitrumConfidential AIVirtuals ProtocolGoogleReal Sports

Presence

Close to customers, leading GTM.

I spend my time where the work happens — with customers, in the markets, understanding what actually matters. Building deep relationships that inform product decisions and company strategy.

Internally, I set the pace and direction. Externally, I represent where we're headed — speaking on AI settlement, verifiable compute, and the financialization of intelligence at AiFi Summit, House of ZK Berlin, and the AI Collective. Working with teams across San Francisco, London, Singapore, Berlin, Paris, New York, Serbia, India, and Dubai.

Ethereum x AI Confluence — ArtScience Museum, Singapore.
Ethereum x AI Confluence — ArtScience Museum, Singapore.

Project Showcase

Outcomes I'm proud of in working with diverse teams across a variety of problems.

9 projects · 8 shipped · 1 in progress
Shipped
AI Seer2025
$350k Revenue
$0k
with 1 month of runway
+0k
users

Wrote the product spec for integrating AI Seer's technology with prediction markets to solve an addressable problem.

AI Seer
Shipped
ORA2024
0 → 300k Audience
0 → 0k
in 12 months

Wrote the product spec to directly address market resolution issues in prediction markets.

ORA
Shipped
Nexus Blockchain2026
200k+ Users
0k+
on a global distributed network launch

Designed product features within business constraints and drove the network's global launch.

Nexus Blockchain
Shipped
LVModel2025
$200k+ Committed revenue
$0k+
from refined product strategy and client introductions

Refined the product strategy and facilitated client introductions.

Now: Refining the product closer to consumer needs.
LVModel

What Drives Me

I love solving challenges with creativity, dedication and determination.

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01

Doing hard things

No marathon experience before 2025. Then I ran three that year: Milbrook, San Francisco and New York, raising $8,000+ for Alzheimer's research.

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For Alzheimer's research
2025
Milbrook MarathonSF MarathonNYC Marathon
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Skateboarding since 2019 takes perseverance, trying, failing and adjusting, creativity, and confidence in execution.

“Skateboarding taught me commitment, the power of compounding returns, to try things even if they may fail, and to get up and laugh it off.”

02

Art and creative realization

Bringing creative and artistic taste into the world, whether my own or supporting another's vision.

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Fight Night
Immersive event[TODO: one line on the immersive event]
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I Survived Valhalla Fest
Immersive event[TODO: one line on the immersive event]
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Botto

Pioneering autonomous AI artist, drawing inspiration from the tastes of a 1,000+ strong community.

I make art myself too: written word, fashion and chalk pastels.

03

A life of learning

Books that changed my thinking.

  • The Tao of Physics
  • Fractals in Nature
  • Fingerprints of the Gods
  • Quantum Gravity
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