Born in 1963 in, Essex, England, James was always a seeker, loving life and people. James education was marred with difficult teachers and, being shy, found languages a struggle and soon abandoned all hope of ever being able to converse in anything but English.
Educated to Degree level in computer science, James had a thirst to go beyond his seeming limitations. A job in IT Pre-Sales found James needing to quickly pick up communication and presentation skills, and redundancy in 1991 left gave James the opportunity to travel and expand his horizons.