James Maddox

James Maddox holds the position of Chief Technology Officer and is recognized for co-founding Mya Systems, a company distinguished in the AI 100 for its innovations in Recruiting Process Automation. Under his leadership, Mya Systems developed notable advancements in Natural Language Understanding (NLU) systems, primarily driven by his direction of the Engineering and AI/NLP teams. The company’s success culminated in its acquisition by StepStone GmbH in 2020. Post-acquisition, Maddox played a pivotal role in integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into the company’s offerings, overseeing the Research and Development of LLM Agents and spearheading their transition into production-ready tools for Conversational AI applications.