James Benham started his journey as a tech entrepreneur from his Texas A&M University dorm room in 2001. For over 20 years he has led JBKnowledge, an IT consulting and SaaS company, to launch six products, successfully sell two and beta test many more - all while bootstrapping. James leads over 240 employees in the USA, Argentina and South Africa in providing tech products and services to the world’s largest insurance and construction companies. Based in College Station, Texas, James served two terms on City Council, five years as an adjunct professor of Construction Science at TAMU, and now serves as a Regent on the governing board of Texas Southern University. He’s a pilot with a passion for aviation who flies himself to most of his meetings and speaking events. Hundreds of thousands have heard him speak on his popular weekly podcasts: The ConTechCrew and The InsureTech Geek, or in one of over 400 conferences he has presented at in the last 15 years.
