Founder

James Walton, Founder of Trammels

I founded Trammels to seek out, refine, and share best practices for good governance—clearly, consistently, and measurably.

For 29 years at a Fortune 500 manufacturer, I started on the production line, learning how systems succeed or fail. I then designed and implemented tools that make the right action the easy one: dashboards for instant status, checklists that prevent high-risk oversights, and point-of-use systems that speed processes. Certified PMP, CEM, and Six Sigma Black Belt, I advanced through industrial automation and, for the latter half of my tenure, co-led programs in efficiency, reliability, and safety—watching incentives move from blueprint to behavior.

Trammels applies these battle-tested principles at higher levels: decision guardrails, publish-by-default dashboards, and adaptable templates for diverse contexts.

Governance failures are system design failures. Trammels seeks to find or develop evidence-based best practices and make them easy to understand and apply.