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Résumé / James (JJ) Lowery

JAMES (JJ) LOWERY.

SYSTEMS ANALYST | BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST

Tucson, AZ | Remote

Professional summary

Systems-oriented business and technology professional with 10+ years of experience turning ambiguous operational problems into structured workflows, decision-support systems, automation, and reliable application behavior. Experience spans executive operations, business ownership, requirements and business-rule definition, process improvement, data/reporting systems, root-cause analysis, regression testing, and production change validation. Built systems used in daily business operations and currently develops a transactional personal-finance application through AI-assisted, Git-based workflows.

Core skills

Analysis & requirements

  • Systems Analysis
  • Business Systems Analysis
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Functional Requirements
  • Business Rules
  • Current-State / Future-State Analysis
  • Process Mapping
  • Workflow Design
  • User Stories
  • Acceptance Criteria
  • Edge Cases

Delivery & validation

  • UAT
  • Regression Testing
  • Root-Cause Analysis
  • Troubleshooting
  • Automation
  • Integrations
  • Technical Documentation
  • Agile / SDLC
  • Application Support

Development & data

  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Application Development
  • Databases
  • REST APIs
  • SQL
  • JavaScript
  • Google Apps Script
  • Browser / DOM Automation
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Swift
  • SwiftUI
  • AI-Assisted Development

Business & reporting tools

  • Google Sheets
  • Excel
  • Salesforce
  • GA4
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Conversion Tracking
  • Attribution
  • Triple Whale
  • Supermetrics
  • Dataslayer

Selected systems work

Advertising Budget Planning & Pacing System

Boldly Grow Media

A Google Sheets-based operating system connecting monthly budget planning, actual spend, projections, and corrective recommendations across a multi-client portfolio.

Redesigning Income Planning Around Real Cash Flow

Vector

Separating actual income, expectations, planning intent, and funding to define financial behavior that stays consistent with reality.

Diagnosing a Production-Scale Performance Failure

Vector

A production-shaped reproduction isolated an expensive database helper. A minimal redesign reduced measured helper time while preserving existing behavior.

Professional experience

Co-Founder & CEO

Waypoint Media Co.

2024–2025

VP, Performance & Connected Media

Boldly Grow Media

2021–2024

Marketing Director / Executive Leadership Team

MagMod

2017–2020

Education

Pima Community College

Associate of Arts, Business/Commerce

2009