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LinkedIn OSINT Intelligence Report: James Puehl

James Puehl

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Bottom Line Up Front

The LinkedIn profile is strongly attributable to James Puehl, a Seattle-area Microsoft Dynamics AX developer at Aqua Star. The account shows a long professional history, consistent identity signals, and no clear impersonation indicators. Audience size is modest, activity is sparse, and the profile looks credible rather than promotional.

Key Judgments

The LinkedIn account is very likely the authentic profile of James Puehl.

Almost certain High Confidence

The profile shows a stable technical career centered on Microsoft Dynamics AX and related programming roles.

Almost certain High Confidence

There is no strong sign of impersonation or obvious fabrication in the available evidence.

Highly likely Moderate Confidence

Risk Assessment

14%
Low Risk

Analytic confidence in this assessment is high.


Identity resolution

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Resolved Primary Identity

James Puehl

Assessment

Identity resolution is strong. The profile name, headline, Seattle-area location, current employer, long work history, and LinkedIn public ID all align cleanly. The profile also appears in search results as the anchor identity with very high match confidence. No conflicting evidence materially weakens attribution.

Resolved Identifiers

full name

James Puehl

username

james-puehl-93456944

website

https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-puehl-93456944/

organization

Aqua Star

job title

Sr. Microsoft Dynamics AX developer

location

Seattle / Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States

other

LinkedIn profile ID 156656632 / URN ACoAAAlWY_gB2Uf8lwXXo795_RZ972PeS4bcXPY

Online presence

James Puehl

LinkedIn • Public

Linked to subject: Almost certain
Confidence: High
Location: Greater Seattle Area
Category: Business Systems Developer / Dynamics AX Technical/Functional support

Linkage Basis:

  • Exact name match
  • Exact LinkedIn URL/public ID match
  • Headline and work history match the seed identity
  • Seattle-area location aligns across sources
James Puehl

Instagram • Unknown

Linked to subject: Roughly even chance
Confidence: Moderate

Linkage Basis:

  • Exact name match only in search results
  • No corroborating bio, workplace, or location details
James Pugh

X • Unknown

Linked to subject: Unlikely
Confidence: Low

Linkage Basis:

  • Surname mismatch
  • No corroborating Seattle or Aqua Star signals
JamesPughx

X • Unknown

Linked to subject: Highly unlikely
Confidence: Low

Linkage Basis:

  • Weak name similarity only
  • No corroborating identity signals
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Account OSINT

Top Associated Accounts

The account’s network is narrow and professional. The only strong association is Aqua Star, while other names seen in search results are mostly name collisions rather than meaningful links. No evidence of a broad influencer-style or scam-oriented network appears in the supplied data.

A

Aqua Star

employee_employer

LinkedIn profile and work history

"Primary employer and the main real-world anchor for the account."

R

Robert Samuels

repeat_interaction

LinkedIn reshare context

"Appears only as the original poster of a reshared item; not enough to treat as a durable association."

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Account Timeline

James Puehl’s LinkedIn behavior looks steady and low-drama. The profile reads like a long-tenured technical professional who uses LinkedIn mainly as a resume and occasional activity feed, not as a content channel. That pattern supports authenticity and does not look like a burner, spam, or impersonation account.

Job Change

SGI (Nov 1999 - May 2003) to Musician's Friend (Sep 2003 - Feb 2011)

Early-career software work followed by a long software role at a retail/music-related company.

Job Change

Musician's Friend (Sep 2003 - Feb 2011) to Erickson Air-Crane, Inc. (Feb 2011 - Aug 2014)

Career continuity in programming/analysis roles across different industries.

Job Change

Erickson Air-Crane, Inc. (Feb 2011 - Aug 2014) to Aqua Star (Sep 2014 - Jan 2023)

Transition into a long-term Seattle-area ERP/business systems role.

Job Change

Aqua Star role listed again as Aug 2023 - Aug 2025 for Sr. Microsoft Dynamics AX developer

The curated record suggests a later role update or separate but related Aqua Star position, reinforcing ongoing association with the company.

Latest Post

2025-10-15 19:58:27

Most recent visible post in the curated sample is recent and lightly engaged.

Activity Gap

Sparse visible posting across 2019, 2023, and 2025

The account is not highly active on the public feed.

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Intelligence gathered

Strong Identifiers And Pivots

  • The profile resolves to James Puehl with a public LinkedIn URL ending in james-puehl-93456944 and profile ID 156656632.
  • Current role is Sr. Microsoft Dynamics AX developer at Aqua Star, with the headline describing Dynamics AX technical/functional support and business systems development.
Intelligence Gaps 2
  • No email address or phone number is visible in the supplied data.
  • No personal website or biolink was found in the evidence set.

Weak Identifiers And Background Markers

  • The profile lists Seattle / Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States, which fits the employer and career history.
  • The employer, Aqua Star, is a Food and Beverage Manufacturing company founded in 1990 with roughly 51-200 employees, suggesting a normal corporate environment rather than a shell or newly created entity.
Intelligence Gaps 2
  • No education history was supplied.
  • No bio/about text was available.

Account Attribution And Identity Linkage

  • The exact-name search result identifies the LinkedIn profile as the anchor identity with very high confidence and corroborates the headline, location, and URL/public ID.
  • A second LinkedIn search result appears to be the same person or duplicate representation, with matching name, title, and URN context.
Intelligence Gaps 2
  • No independent public record was supplied to confirm the full legal identity beyond LinkedIn context.
  • No direct off-platform corroboration from a personal website, GitHub, or company directory was provided.

Online Presence And Platform Activity

  • The LinkedIn profile has 12 visible posts in the curated sample, but most are terse or blank, which suggests low-content, low-visibility posting behavior.
  • Recent visible posts in 2025 received limited engagement: one post had 5 likes and 1 comment, another had 1 like and 4 comments.
Intelligence Gaps 2
  • The post sample does not include the full text of most posts, so theme analysis is limited.
  • No follower growth trend or impression data was available.

Behavioral Markers And Preferences

  • The posting pattern suggests a reserved professional user rather than a creator or brand-builder.
  • The account is not marked as a creator or influencer, and the follower count is modest relative to a typical public professional profile.
Intelligence Gaps 2
  • No topic-level analysis of post content was possible because most post text was missing.
  • No reactions or comment network analysis beyond counts was available.

Temporal Markers And Activity Windows

  • Employment at Aqua Star appears continuous from September 2014 to January 2023, followed by a subsequent Aqua Star role from August 2023 to August 2025 in the curated record.
  • Visible posting activity is sparse and intermittent, with entries appearing in 2019, 2023, and 2025.
Intelligence Gaps 2
  • No precise account creation date was provided.
  • No time-zone or active-hours data was available.

Best next moves

Priority 1 person

Confirm the anchor LinkedIn profile for James Puehl

This is the strongest identity match in the dataset and should be the baseline for any later checks.

James Puehl
Priority 2 company

Review Aqua Star as the primary employer link

Aqua Star is the main real-world association and the clearest place to look for corroboration.

Aqua Star
Priority 3 instagram

Check the likely but weak Instagram candidate

The Instagram search result shares the same name, but it lacks location and work-history support.

jimbobbanjo
Priority 4 twitter

Ignore the weak X/Twitter name collisions unless new evidence appears

The X results for James Pugh and JamesPughx are not well supported and look like unrelated matches.

jamespugh
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James Puehl

Risks & recommendations

Identified Risks

3

⤷ 3 additional risks found in this analysis

Identity authenticity

Almost certainly not

Low risk of impersonation based on the available evidence, but the conclusion is limited to public data.

Horizon: Near-term

Reputation and professional exposure

Likely

A long, narrow technical career can make reputation and employability important if the account is compromised or misrepresented.

Horizon: Mid-term

Audience authenticity

Highly unlikely

The follower base is small and the profile is not creator-focused, so there is little evidence of audience manipulation.

Horizon: Near-term

Recommendations

3

⤷ 3 recommended courses of action

Verify the LinkedIn anchor identity

3 steps

Use the profile URL, public ID, and work history together before treating the account as the canonical James Puehl profile.

Confirm that the URL ends in james-puehl-93456944. Check that the headline still matches Dynamics AX technical/functional support. The URL or public ID changes unexpectedly.

Check the profile photo for reuse

3 steps

Run the profile image through reverse-image search and compare against archived versions or other public profiles.

Search the image on Google Lens or a similar reverse-image tool. Look for older copies on other sites or profiles. The same image appears on unrelated accounts.

Map any off-platform corroboration

3 steps

Look for a company bio, GitHub, personal site, or conference profile that confirms James Puehl’s technical background and Aqua Star affiliation.

Search for James Puehl plus Aqua Star and Dynamics AX. Check public company bios and staff directories. A separate profile conflicts on location or employer.

Data sources

Source Registry

4

Analysis is limited to public, curated evidence supplied through the tool output. No attempt was made to access private or restricted content.
Source ID / Type Description Grading (Src/Info)
eval_1
social profile
LinkedIn profile metadata for James Puehl at linkedin.com/in/james-puehl-93456944
Coverage: Full public profile fields including name, headline, location, company, work history, follower count, and verification status.
SRC A
INFO 1
eval_2
post
LinkedIn posts authored by the profile
Coverage: Public post timestamps and engagement on visible posts
SRC A
INFO 1
eval_3
username search
Cross-platform social search results for James Puehl
Coverage: Candidate LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter/X, and Facebook results
SRC B
INFO 2
eval_4
metadata
AI/deepfake screening on the LinkedIn profile image
Coverage: Generated face and synthetic-image confidence values
SRC B
INFO 1

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