James Spere is Chief Product & Technology Officer at Cognota, the company that created and leads the LearnOps® category for enterprise Learning & Talent teams. James specializes in the "messy middle" of B2B growth — helping companies bridge the gap from initial product-market fit to $50M+ ARR by turning technical debt into scalable, multi-product platforms.

Prior to Cognota, James worked as an independent Fractional CPO and held senior product and engineering leadership roles at Introhive, P&P Optica, MasterClass, Roadmunk, and D2L, where he led platform teams delivering education to 6+ million daily users. Throughout his career, James has built and led cross-functional organizations of 70+ people and consistently driven 4x revenue growth through market-led product strategy.