A. Russell Jones, Ph.D.

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High Point, NC 27265

336-***-****

Skills Summary

Strong leadership, editing, programming, and problem-solving skills.

Visionary technologist. Extensive background in training and development

with a focus on computer-based interactive and web-based training,

including video, audio, and testing. More than 10 years of technical

writing and publishing experience, from print books to e-books and online

articles. Comprehensive managerial and sales skills honed by managing

varied interactive training development teams and selling training services

to Fortune 500 companies. Lifelong learner. Strong teaching and research

background. Web technology expert. Extensive musical training and

performance experience. Author of numerous technical articles, technology-

related editorials, and several programming books on IIS, Visual Basic, C#,

and ASP.NET.

Interested in

A position with opportunities to combine education, computer technology,

programming, writing and editing skills, and solve business and

productivity problems.

Employment History

Contractor with Apress Media LLC (a division of Springer Science+Business

MediaMedia)

(Nov. 2013-Present

. Built a taxonomy of over 10,000 programming terms/technologies for

editorial use.

. Developmental editor on upcoming programming books, including

"Thinking In LINQ."

Senior Editor for O'Reilly Media, Microsoft Press Division, Sebastopol, CA

(2009-Oct. 2013)

. Evaluate, acquire, and edit technical books for print and ebook

publication under the Microsoft Press imprint.

. Responsible for half the Microsoft Press developer titles between 2009

and 2013.

. Conceived and created new beginner "Start Here!" series.

. Wrote proof-of-concept code for a Word-to-AsciiDoc translation

application so Microsoft Press authors could participate in O'Reilly's

online publishing system.

Executive Editor for WebMediaBrands (DevX), San Francisco, CA

(2001-2009)

. Evaluate, commission, write, and edit technical articles for publication

on DevX.com.

. Design, build, and maintain computer applications for editors. Consult

with engineering when problems arise.

Senior Development Engineer, DevX, Inc., San Francisco, CA

(January, 2000-December 2000)

. Designed and programmed dynamic web applications.

. Worked extensively with SQL Server, ASP, and XML to implement use of XML

and XSLT transformations at DevX.

. Built an automatic import engine to transform Word documents into

publishable HTML form.

Vice President, Research & Development, InterCom, Inc., Houston, TX

(1995-1999)

. Planned, managed, and mentored the technical direction of the company.

. Managed technical training teams building interactive training libraries

with ASP, VB, SQL, C++, ToolBook, and TenCORE.

. Designed, programmed, and sold Windows and web-based HR and training

applications for Fortune 500 companies, which were deployed both

nationally and internationally.

. Designed and programmed CBT/WBT management and reporting systems.

Instructional Designer/Team Leader/Programmer, InterCom, Inc. Houston, TX

(1988-1995)

. Performed task and needs analyses, defined training needs and evaluation

procedures.

. Wrote interactive training lessons. Programmed tests, lessons, and other

HR-related applications.

. Managed teams of instructional designers, graphic artists, programmers,

and quality control testers.

. Planned, produced, and directed video for interactive video training

lessons.

Graduate Assistant, University of Illinois, University of Tennessee

(1983-1988)

. Taught PLATO programming to graduate students

. Research assistant for Educational Psychology and Music departments.

Designed and taught a piano improvisation class for piano majors.

. Designed and programmed an application to teach chord-recognition and

spelling to music undergraduates.

. Taught sight-singing and ear-training classes. Assisted with music

history and theory classes.

Education

. PH.D. Secondary Education. University of Illinois (1990)

. M.M. Music Theory, University of Tennessee, 1985

. B.M. Piano Pedagogy, University of Tennessee, 1983

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