James Prompanya

James Prompanya is an Engineering Director and Senior Staff Software Engineer at Niantic, Inc., since August 2017, specializing in projects such as Campfire and Wayfarer for augmented reality gaming, as well as infrastructure for Pokémon GO. Prior to Niantic, James held various engineering roles at Microsoft from January 2010 to July 2017, including Senior Software Engineer for MSN.com and technical lead in the Games Test Organization. James began a career in technology at UCLA College Library's Instructional Computing Commons as a Hardware Specialist and Orientation Counselor while earning a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from UCLA from 2005 to 2009.