James co-founded Ministry Tracking Software in 1993. He has been developing database applications since 1983 and has developed several desktop database applications over the years. These applications include parts and equipment inventory, service analysis, service territory management, call center and scheduler systems. He has also developed several database utilities, which he has shared with the developer community. James has attended several software and database development schools and has recently achieved his Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Database Administrator for SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Certified Application Developer certifications.

James has a passion for working with young people. He and his wife Julie have worked with troubled youth to provide discipline and structure to their lives as house parents. Both of their children are grown, but while they were younger, James and Julie were very active in the youth group. James has taught junior high, high school and parent classes. James and Julie saw a need to prepare sixth grade students for entering the youth group so they teamed up and taught a class designed to help prepare them for adolescent life.

James saw a need to develop a database specifically for tracking the youth at his church when their new youth minister arrived. When Eddie Mathews saw the database application, he knew that others who work with youth could benefit from the application as well. That was when Ministry Tracking Software was born.

Since that time, James has had a passion for developing software tools for youth ministry because he realizes just how easy it is for young people to fall through the cracks. James believes he is using his God-given talents to help children, youth, and college ministry leaders everywhere by providing a database tool to better organize their ministries. He realizes that children, youth and college ministries are so very critical in a crazy, mixed up world. James hopes the software that he develops can have a part in these ministries.