Player-Coach Technical Range
An indexed map of the product, architecture, AI/LLM engineering, DevOps, and security range built across two solo-launched healthcare platforms — organized around the judgment calls, not just the features shipped.
Player-coach engineering leadership, AI-native by default.
I’m James Vaughn, currently CTO at Alterion, a seed-stage AI security startup. I bridge complex infrastructure and board-level strategy — turning AI from a cost center into a durable technical moat, and building the engineering and product cultures that make rapid innovation predictable rather than chaotic.
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Open to player-coach engineering leadership, fractional CTO, and technical advisory conversations.
Work
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- Alterion AI
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- Chief Technology Officer
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- Splunk / Cisco
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- VP, Product Experience & AI
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- Company
- Workday
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- VP Engineering
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