Software Xccel was founded in San Diego, California with the goal of providing unique software services and products for the information and safety critical industries.

We are a team of highly screened professionals that have worked together for over 20 years.

Founder

 

James C. Andrade
President

Mr. Andrade’s experience includes over 30 years as a software engineering professional in software development and Independent Verification & Validation (IV & V) on embedded, desktop and network applications. He specializes in information and safety critical software systems.

Mr. Andrade’s educational background includes a B.S. Degree in Computer Science, B.S. Degree in Information Systems, and an M.S. Degree in Information Systems \ Computer Science from San Diego State University. He also holds Java certification from University of California San Diego.

 

Mr. Andrade’s career includes engineering accomplishments in diverse domains:

  • Global Nuclear V&V Director for Invensys \ Schneider-Electric.

  • Director of Top-Gun real-time air combat system for Cubic corporation.

  • Director of Software Development and Compliance for Photothera corporation.

  • Corporate V&V Sr. Manager for international and domestic sites for Alaris Medical.

  • Sr. Manager of V&V for Gen-Probe corporation.

  • IV&V Manager for National Security Agency (NSA) CBIS security project.

  • Sr. Manager of Software Validation for Soteria Wireless.

  • Principal Software V&V Consultant for Innercool Therapies.

  • Safety critical software development in support of the space shuttle and launch vehicles at Vandenberg AFB, for ITT Federal Electric corporation.