James Gray

James Gray

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UC Berkeley AI Instructor | Former CIO/CPO | Trained 5,000+ Leaders

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James Gray will accelerate your AI transformation

James Gray teaches AI strategy at UC Berkeley Executive Education (5,000+ executives trained globally) and is a former CIO and Chief Product Officer who helps growth-stage tech companies build organization-wide AI capability.

With C-suite operating experience and 10 years at Microsoft building enterprise data platforms, James combines technical depth with business strategy that most consultants lack.

Having taught 5,000+ executives at UC Berkeley while serving as CIO and CPO, James brings the rare combination of academic rigor and operating experience. He also delivers customized corporate programs for organizations building AI capability at scale.

James holds a BS in Electrical Engineering (Union College), MBA and MS in Information & Data Science (UC Berkeley).

Worked at and clients
Microsoft
UC Berkeley
Capital One
Google
Amazon

Alumni reviews

John

Live cohort
Principal Solution Consultant · Docusign

Agentic AI for Claude Builders

I came into this as a returning student from James’s UC Berkeley exec AI course. Signed up the minute I saw this one. I’m a somewhat technical solution consultant, not a hardcore developer, and beforehand, the CLI was honestly intimidating. Ten sessions later I’ve built a skill that rewrites anything in my voice, a workflow registry that finally organized years of scattered prompts, and a GitHub-backed plugin so the same skills travel between my different setups. What makes it work: James teaches building blocks. Small cohort, real hands-on time. If you get stuck, you can work through it live. Two time slots plus recordings and transcripts. When I was double-booked I caught the other cohort. Analogies that stick. “Front seat vs. back seat” is now how I explain AI ownership to my own team. If you’re technical-adjacent and want to go from using Claude to building with it, this is the course. Where there’s a Gray, there’s a way! Jmurg

Nikitas

Live cohort
Founder & Senior Advisor · ND Consulting Solutions L.P.

Agentic AI for Claude Builders

Very insightful, practical course with excellent background and supporting material, including James' Hands-on AI Playbook (the playbook covers not only Claude but also the other three major AI platforms). James Gray is an immersive instructor/builder who teaches what he preaches in his newsletter: Master AI. Master yourself. Build what matters.

Istvan

Live cohort
Founder | Restorative Coordination Architect | INSciTS Board · Nexus Recognita

Agentic AI for Claude Builders

I took this course twice. The first cohort moved me from using AI to building workflows, and my practice now runs on a system of them. I came back to cross into agents. I built a few, including one that supports my sales work. The real build sat underneath them. I wrote a charter that governs every agent, so the system learns as it grows. The knowledge graph was my biggest learning. Mapping our work into it helped me understand my own business better. I am not an engineer, and I work in cancer care coordination. James teaches frameworks you carry straight back into your own work.

Reena

Live cohort
CRO · BlueBear

Agentic AI for Claude Builders

I have been taking a few courses in AI but this is, by far, the most valuable of them all. This truly gets into the 'I can figure this out' zone! Being an engineer who is now in sales, I feel that there is a new opportunity for me to get back to my roots in the context of my discipline of selling. And James made sure we are able to grasp the concepts, practice with the group and learn all the fundamentals. This course is useful for anyone who is willing to put in the time and learn. It's essential.

Aurelie

Live cohort
Sales Strategy & Operations

Hands-on Agentic AI for Leaders

Excellent, practical course. Particularly helpful in bringing structure to deconstructing workflows and building agents, and in putting the right governance in place (including a GitHub registry). Good mix of quality written materials and live sessions with ample time for Q&A. James is highly approachable and available.