My day job is running marketing for BlueVia, the API platform from telecommunications company Telefonica.

In addition I’m the co-founder and host of HashBang.tv, and chair the Technology Market Interest Group of The Chartered Institute of Marketing, the world’s largest organisation for professional marketers.

I’m a regular speaker, blogger, industry awards judge, and I write for ITProPortal. Most importantly I hate avocados.

Some examples of me in action:

Below are a few of my favourite Twitter endorsements:

fantastic talk from @jamesparton at #openMIC13, @bluevia are doing some awesome work for/ with devs

— Wil Benton (@FatKidOnFire) March 22, 2012

Listening to a very honest @jamesparton from @bluevia . Feels very odd to hear a #telco talking like a start-up. #openmic13

— John Boniface (@johnboniface) March 22, 2012

today i spoke at a fntastic event - crowd was listening like i have never tried “@Gidseo: @ml perfect end to #P1event” cool Telefonica

— Morten Lund (@ML) November 11, 2011

#newdigecon bluevia still posterchild for how to do telco APIs

— Berry Vetjens (@vetjens) November 9, 2011

#newdigecon Bluevia is great example for other Telco's. If at first you don't succeed, revise and redo, *don't* give in.

— Keith McMahon (@KeithJamesMc) November 9, 2011

Shock of the week - Talking to the @bluevia guys - I find that it is based on a survey I filled in for Alan Quayle. They took my advice!

— Tim Panton (@steely_glint) October 1, 2011

Provocative indeed! RT @JoseValles49: The slides used by @jamesparton at @momov yesterday. At least provocative! slidesha.re/nbUyBk

— Dimitris Mavrakis (@dmavrakis) August 30, 2011

As an ex-telco guy, I'm really impressed with how far @BlueVia has got. Pushing uphill & doing pretty well. Worth investigating #BlueViaBBQ

— Terence Eden (@edent) July 22, 2011

AWESOME - my software is mentioned on gigaom! gigaom.com/2011/06/26/tel… Thanks @BlueVia !

— Hamish Rickerby (@rickerbh) June 27, 2011

@jamesparton pat on the back for BlueVia http://bit.ly/ir6QTe

— Geoff Casely (@GeoffCasely) June 24, 2011

Massively shocked at #telco2 as @jamesparton shows off MNO stuff that surprises and delights me. SMS rev share, wow. #bluevia

— Tom Hume (@twhume) May 12, 2011

@jamesparton : you will stop operator bashing after meeting him and genuine fair developper program @BlueVia #mpa11

— Claude Florin (@cflorin) February 14, 2011

Who would have thought that an operator API initiative would be using OAuth? Kudos to @blueviaofficial & @jamesparton for listening to devs.

— Dimitris Mavrakis (@dmavrakis) December 21, 2010

James Parton from Telefonica was superb. A marketing making much sense about visibility and profile in the mobile app space. #mobile

— Brian Baglow (@flackboy) October 28, 2010

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Note: As my personal blog, the views and opinions within ibegyourparton are mine and mine alone, and therefore should not be misinterpreted as representative of Telefonica.