Holding a BSEE from Georgia Tech and an MSCompE from the University of South Florida, James Burns-Montante serves as the Director of Flight Software at Lonestar Data Holdings. With an 18-year trajectory in systems engineering, James's forte spans flight software, embedded systems, and FPGA-centric solutions for harsh environments. Notable tenures at Draper Laboratory and Honeywell cements them as a Digital Design SME. Their development efforts have covered satellite payload projects, strategic weapons systems, and computer vision when at SRI International. Equipped with skills in systems engineering, computer architecture, and software development methodologies, James remains at the forefront of aerospace and electronics engineering.