About me

Hi I am James Cunningham, I am in the second year of obtaining my bachelor's degree in physics, computer science and math.

Originally I was planning to get a degree in aerospace engineering, but during my time in high school/early college I met and worked closely with David Johnstone from Oregon Institute of Technology. The passion and joy he showed me was contagious, and during my last year of high school he invited me to take an experimental course in quantum computing with he and one of his colleagues were teaching. That course changed the entire trajectory of my career, and my life. I enjoyed the class and the quantum computing software so much that I decided that I wanted to be a physicist rather than an engineer. Now I am pursuing what I need to learn to be able to work on quantum computers at Lewis and Clark College through my physics/computer science/math.

I graduated from Clackamas Web Academy and Clackamas Community College simultaneously in the 2024/2025 academic year with both my high school diploma and an associate's degree. As of summer 2026 I am participating in my first internship developing simulation software for research, I couldn't be happier. The people I'm working with are awesome and the work is rewarding. It's also exactly what I need to learn in order to work on more practical q-computing simulations

I can't wait to see what the future holds.

Work experence and skills

Past Work Experence

Math and science tutor at clackamas community colledge September 2021-2024

Assisted students in STEM subjects in a collaborative, peer-led tutoring center

Built strong rapport with students who often became repeat clients

Contributed to a supportive and effective learning environment and successfully recruit new tutors

Private Math and Science Tutor 2024 - present (Seasonal)

Provided personalized tutoring for high school and college students

Helped clients improve grades and build academic confidence

Established and maintained multiple clients

Technical skills

C (Beginner): Completed introductory coursework at Lewis & Clark College

Git and Github (Beginner-Intermediate): Practical knowledge of Github.

Python (Beginner/Intermediate): Applied in academic projects and personal projects

Web-Development (Intermediate): Experienced with HTML, CSS and Javascript

Databases (Beginner): Understanding of and basic implimentation of databses in webservers

Server management in oracle cloud (Beginner): I have set up and maintained a personal server in oracle cloud since winter 2025

Personal projects

IBM QUANTUM COMPOSER March 2023 - June 2024

Excelled in Oregon Institute of Technology's Introduction to Quantum Computing Course

Successfully developed a quantum phase estimation algorithm

FINANCIAL PROJECTION PORTAL (IN PROCESS)

Created and maintained a personal functional linux server using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Configuration of and Deployment of software systems via Protainer utilizing Docker.

My Projects<

My 2025-2026 web development work for class
Some of my personal projects from 2024-2025
My financial projection portal is a project i am currently planning, i intend to create an application that pulls financhial infromation from interactive \brokers\yahoo finance's api and create several auttomatic trading algorythems that can utilise that infromation in paper trading to simulate their behavior
If all goes well and the algorythems are profitable i plan to impliment them on the actuall exchanges

Contact Me

Check out my github here

Reach out through linkedin i would love to chat.

Send me an email if you have anything you want to ask :)