Director of Partnerships & Alliances at BlueIrisIQ

Enterprise automation. Practical AI systems. Partnerships that ship.

Fifteen years turning workflow, content, and enterprise software problems into shipped systems. I lead strategic partnerships by day and prototype AI automation tools by night.

James Schaefer
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15+ Years in enterprise automation Workflow, ECM, IDP, integrations, and process design.
14 Person delivery workstream Led enterprise implementation across SCM, AP, AR, HR, Land, and Contracts.
100+ Projects managed From early POCs to enterprise delivery and adoption.
90%+ Client retention Services leadership with cohesion, margin discipline, and customer trust.
Get to Know Me

About Me

I've been building with computers since I was 12—writing HTML, assembling PCs, and looking for practical ways technology could help.

The path was not traditional: factory work led to IT, a production visitor system, enterprise workflow, solution architecture, delivery leadership, and now strategic partnerships. I stay most useful where strategy has to become a working system—partner evaluation, enterprise workflow, AI use-case discovery, and prototypes that expose what will actually work.

" AI and advanced robotics are going to change the world and I want to be a part of it. I'm optimistic and hope to apply this change for the betterment of everyone. "
A practical path

From factory floor to enterprise strategy

The through-line is consistent: learn the system, find the friction, and build something people can use.

  1. Age 12Started as a builder

    Built PCs, wrote HTML, and committed early to making technology do practical work.

  2. Factory floorFound automation in operations

    Made bottles in a plastics factory, then helped IT on days off while working between both roles.

  3. First production appBuilt the visitor sign-in system

    Created badge printing, email notifications, and text alerts. The system was adopted across the facility.

  4. 2011Moved into enterprise software

    Workflow automation, demo infrastructure, and enterprise POCs became the bridge from QA to solution architecture.

  5. Delivery leadershipLed full-stack implementation work

    Managed a 14-person Agile workstream across SCM, AP, AR, HR, Land, and Contracts, then led services through post-acquisition cohesion work.

  6. NowPartnerships plus AI systems

    Leads strategic enterprise software relationships while prototyping practical AI workflows through Arkitex AI.

Choose your lens

Where strategy becomes a working system

Start with the outcome you care about. The supporting experience and evidence update without sending you to another page.

01 / Partnerships

Align the vendor, the workflow, and the customer outcome.

I evaluate technology, align incentives, and connect platform capabilities to real implementation needs—not just a partner logo.

  • Alliance development
  • Co-sell enablement
  • Contract negotiation
  • Platform evaluation
Working pattern
  1. ContextCustomer and workflow constraints
  2. DecisionPartner fit and incentive alignment
  3. EvidenceCo-sell plan teams can execute
Selected evidence

Three systems, three scales

The work spans high-volume healthcare operations, enterprise delivery, and hands-on AI prototyping.

01
Healthcare operations

Appeals and Grievances automation

Built a scalable workflow for payor casework.

Explore the workflow

ContextHigh case volumes required a structured approach.

ActionCombined case management with workflow automation.

EvidenceCreated a foundation for higher-volume processing.

02
Enterprise delivery

Cross-functional implementation workstream

Managed a 14-person Agile workstream spanning SCM, AP, AR, HR, Land, and Contracts.

Explore the delivery

ContextMultiple enterprise functions and implementation dependencies.

ActionLed the workstream, resource coordination, and delivery rhythm.

EvidenceExperience carried into services leadership with strong margins and 90%+ retention.

Off the Clock

Beyond the Code

Outside work, I spend time hiking, with friends and family, or following questions in psychology and quantum physics. The same curiosity shows up in how I build: learn by making, then improve what survives real use.

Hiking & Outdoors
Quantum Physics
Psychology
Family Time
Let's build something

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