Josh James
{{Short description|American entrepreneur (born 1973)}}
{{about||the singer|Josh James (singer)|other people with the same name|Joshua James (disambiguation)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|6|28}}
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| nationality = American
| alma_mater = Brigham Young University
| years_active = 1996–present
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| spouse = Marina Bardin James (married Sept 2017); Cherie James (div. 2014){{cite web |url=http://www.utahsright.com/divorceprofile.php?id=350363 |title=Utah Divorces since 1997 |publisher=Utah's Right to Know (Salt Lake Tribune/MediaOne) |date=29 April 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410214419/http://www.utahsright.com/divorceprofile.php?id=350363|archivedate=April 10, 2017}}
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Josh James is an American entrepreneur, founder and former CEO of Domo, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company.{{Cite web |title=Domo CEO Josh James steps down, John Mellor promoted |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchbusinessanalytics/news/252514094/Domo-CEO-Josh-James-steps-down-John-Mellor-promoted |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=SearchBusinessAnalytics}} He was co-founder and CEO of Omniture, a web analytics company.
Career
James attended Brigham Young University into his senior year, but did not graduate. Before co-founding Omniture, James co-founded an interactive agency and two other businesses, which were subsequently sold to WebMediaBrands (formerly known as Jupitermedia) and Verisign. James founded Silicon Slopes, a private-sector initiative that promotes the interests of the high-tech industry in Utah. James took Omniture public on the Nasdaq{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/company/omniture-inc-704276-49314|title=OMNITURE, INC. (OMTR) IPO|website=NASDAQ.com|language=en-us|access-date=2019-01-11}} in 2006.{{cite news| url=https://money.cnn.com/2009/10/23/technology/omniture_josh_james.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2009102609 | work=Fortune Magazine | first=Jessi | last=Hempel | title=Josh James: The man who measures the Web | date=2009-09-26}} In 2009 he sold the company to Adobe for US$1.8 billion. From 2006 to 2009 – the three years that Omniture was public – James was the youngest CEO of a Nasdaq or New York Stock Exchange-traded company.{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/10/22/omniture-james-facebook-intelligent-investing-google.html | work=Forbes | first=Alexandra | last=Zendrian | title=Get Briefed: Josh James | date=2010-10-25}} James rang the bell of the Nasdaq as Domo went public in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/company/domo-inc-841801-87035|title=DOMO, INC. (DOMO) IPO|website=NASDAQ.com|language=en-us|access-date=2019-01-11}} He sits on the Parity.org Board of Advisors.{{Cite web|url=https://parity.org/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Parity.org|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-11}}
Honors and awards
In 2017 and 2018 his company, Domo, landed on the Inc. 5000{{cite web |title=Inc. 5000 2017: Filtered List |url=https://www.inc.com/inc5000/list/2017/state/ut |website=www.inc.com |accessdate=11 January 2019}} and Deloitte Technology Fast 500{{cite web |title=2018 Technology Fast 500 award winners |url=https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/technology-media-and-telecommunications/articles/fast500-winners.html |website=Deloitte United States |accessdate=11 January 2019 |language=en}} lists of the fastest growing companies in North America. In 2018, Domo was named a Best Companies to Work For by Utah Business Magazine for the 7th consecutive year.{{cite web |title=Domo Best Companies To Work For |url=https://www.utahbusiness.com/domo-best-companies-to-work-for/ |website=Utah Business |accessdate=11 January 2019 |date=7 December 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} James was named to Utah Valley BusinessQ's Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=https://utahvalley360.com/2018/10/11/josh-james-and-andrew-smith-hit-all-three-lists-of-businessqs-uv50-with-their-respective-companies-and-sass-not-saas/|title=Josh James and Andrew Smith hit all three lists of BusinessQ's UV50 with their respective companies and sass (not SaaS)|date=2018-10-12|website=UtahValley360|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-11}} In 2017, his company was named a CNBC Disruptor 50{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/16/domo-2017-disruptor-50.html|title=Domo 2017 Disruptor 50|last=staff|first=CNBC com|date=2017-05-16|website=www.cnbc.com|access-date=2019-01-11}} and in 2015, it was named a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer.{{Cite web|url=http://widgets.weforum.org/techpioneers-2015b/|title=Technology Pioneers 2015 - World Economic Forum|website=widgets.weforum.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-11}} In 2012, Mountain West Capital Network named James Entrepreneur of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.mwcn.org/entrepreneur-of-the-year |title=MWCN Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 | MountainWest Capital Network |accessdate=2012-05-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429134642/http://www.mwcn.org/entrepreneur-of-the-year |archivedate=2012-04-29 }} On June 27, 2012, James and Domo, Inc. received the Utah Valley Business Q "2012 UV50 TOP 10 Startups To Watch" award.{{cite web|url=http://utahvalleybusinessq.com/uv50/2012-uv50-top-10-startups-to-watch/ |title=2012 UV50 TOP 10 Startups to Watch | Utah Valley BusinessQ |accessdate=2012-09-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917155111/http://utahvalleybusinessq.com/uv50/2012-uv50-top-10-startups-to-watch/ |archivedate=2012-09-17 }} James was featured as #26 on Fortune 40 under 40 in 2009 and #1 on Fortune 40 under 40 "Ones to Watch" in 2011.{{cite news| url=https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/news/companies/1110/gallery.40_under_40_ones_to_watch.fortune/index.html | work=CNN | title=40 Under 40: Ones to watch}}{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2009/10/23/technology/omniture_josh_james.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2009102609|title=Josh James: The man who measures the Web|publisher=Fortune|accessdate=2009-12-16 | date=2009-10-23 | first=Jessi | last=Hempel}}{{cite web|url=http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/executivebios/|title=Adobe Executive Profiles|publisher=Adobe Systems|accessdate=2009-12-16}} He received the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and was named Technology Entrepreneur of the Decade by Brigham Young University. On November 30, 2012, James was inducted into the Utah Technology Hall of Fame.{{cite web|last=Harvey|first=Tom|title=Utah Tech Hall of Fame adding Lampropoulous, James|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/55356679-79/james-lampropoulous-utah-company.html.csp?page=1|publisher=Salt Lake Tribune|accessdate=1 December 2012}}
Personal
James had roles as a child actor, which included appearing in episodes of Touched by an Angel and in a Kellogg's Honey Smacks breakfast cereal commercial.{{cite web|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/20100301/how-i-did-it-omnitures-josh-james.html|title=How I Did It: Omniture's Josh James|date=1 March 2010|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpjbKUEXyGc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/BpjbKUEXyGc |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=Kelloggs Honey Smacks Ad from 1988 - Hoppin' Rap|last=ClassicCommercials4U|date=10 June 2009|publisher=|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=http://www.joshjames.com/2012/04/dont-spend-money/|title=JJSR 29 DON'T SPEND #STARTUP MONEY ON ANYTHING UNTIL YOU HAVE TO, BUT WHEN THE TIME COMES, DON'T BE CHINTZY… #PLAYTOWIN - Josh James|date=4 April 2012|publisher=}}
References
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External links
- {{officialwebsite|JoshJames.com}}
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