Adam Jackson

Current

• Board Member, INFORUM at The Commonwealth Club of California
• Founder at TweetForMyBiz.com
• Founder / President at OurBlock.TV

• Community Evangelist at Yoono
• Owner at Freelance Social Media Consultant / Marketing

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Past

• Owner at DTT Media, Inc.
• Service Manager / Level 2 Technician at GWANDA LLC
• Assistant Store Manager Level II at Apple Computer, Inc.

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Education

• First Coast Technical Institute
• Pedro Menendez High School

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Adam Jackson’s Summary

Engaging clients and building relationships via the web. I moved to San Francisco in June of 2008 to build my experience and connect with the Web 2.0 community on a new level. I am currently working on a few projects that are top secret.

I offer Freelance Information Technology assistance on an as needed basis for clients and friends. I specialize in Windows and Macintosh Server related support.

I assist clients with social media, branding and web presence development. I'm on nearly every social network and have spent countless hours learning how to leverage these networks to grow relationships and expand conversations.

In September, 2008 I began co-authoring "The Book" with Dominic Sagolla. Our paths split in early 2009 and we began work on two different projects. You can read more at http://140lessons.com.

I set out to change the world in October, 2008 with AdamsBlock. The result was a street corner with crime down 30%, $2,000 raised for local charities and a site that was viewed by over 1 million people in a month. The project is underway and should have an announcement by early fall, 2009.

I have extensive Macintosh and Windows experience and type 80 words per minute. I work 7 days a week and no less than 12 hours a day. I've been called the "Web 2.0 Party Guy" and attend at least 2 tech events every week day. My Fiance Laura Wiggins is an amazing graphic artist and pushes me every day to extend, expand and grow my clientele.

Adam Jackson’s Specialties:

Technical writing, proposal design, social media marketing, web 2.0, information technology, mcse, mcsa, cisco, viral marketing, internet

Adam Jackson’s Experience

• Board Member, INFORUM

  The Commonwealth Club of California

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  November 2009 — Present (1 month)

  I sit on the board and head up social media efforts.
  
  INFORUM began with the basic tenet that young people not only deserve but desire unbiased, trustworthy information from a full range of stances, and that they want their sources qualified. The Commonwealth Club has a 103 year tradition of civic debate, and INFORUM honors and continues this tradition by providing a forum for young people to access the best informed, most involved, and brightest minds – be they politicians, business gurus, policy workers, thought leaders, trendsetters or culture-jammers.

• Founder

  TweetForMyBiz.com

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Founded TweetForMyBiz.com to help companies with small marketing budgets or a non-tech marketing team reap the benefits of Twitter.com & social networking. Initial plans start with monitoring Twitter for mentions of the company, products and competitor products and using Twitter to generate sales and handle customer support.
  
  TweetForMyBiz.com handles all Twitter.com needs including design and maintenance of the account. Further opportunities involve extending the services to blogs, news, Facebook and other social networks to expand the brand even more.
  
  I launched this in partnership with a few others and I handle most tasks of this company's day to day activities.

• Founder / President

  OurBlock.TV

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  I founded AdamsBlock on October 20th, 2008.By December 12th, the site saw over 1 million visitors with a maximum of 1300 concurrent viewers. The site was taken offline due to heavy load and security concerns for myself and moderators of the community chat room.
  
  I continued to cultivate AdamsBlock as it morphed into OurBlock.TV on May 3rd, 2009. OurBlock, Incorporated was formed in the summer of 2009 and is currently being built, tested and deployed privately to cities across the US. The company now has 3 employees and is scheduled for an early Fall 2009 public release.
  
  OurBlock.TV is a global network of web cams linked together to offer real-time, crowd-sourced neighborhood watch to protect people, educated viewers and help strengthen communities. You can follow along at http://ourblock.TV.

• Community Evangelist

  Yoono

  (Online Media industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Established a community manager position, daily duties and metrics at Yoono. Worked long and hard to develop and cultivate a community using social media and grassroots marketing.
  
  Created brand identity and developed customer support plan. I have planned events, meetups and coordinated sponsorships as well as helped Yoono's Web 2.0 identity by evangelizing the product at tech events in the bay area.

• Owner

  Freelance Social Media Consultant / Marketing

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Help startups and established tech companies in the bay area market their businesses on the web. My expertise is to help businesses connect with their customers and find new customers through social networks and Web 2.0 tools. Assisting companies with their branding, marketing and viral marketing efforts is my strong point and I have many success stories.
  
  Also plan events for large and small organizations in the bay area. I've coordinated nearly 25 events from simple meetups to large scale parties with over 400 attendees. I help small startups with very little brand recognition on the web host a party where hundreds attend with simple marketing tactics. I have connections at dozens of venues, catering firms and live entertainment. Let me help your company treat employees and /or host an event for your customers.
  
  In September, 2008 I began co-authoring "The Book" with Dominic Sagolla. The Book is a style guide for Twitter and is not a rule book. Stay Tuned.

• Owner

  DTT Media, Inc.

  (Online Media industry)

  January 2004 — January 2009 (5 years 1 month)

  Owner / Operator of one of the top 50 mac websites on the Internet. Also under this umbrella is ResoluteOpinion, MacworldBound and AdamandLauragowest.
  
  My job consists of financial outlooks and management, editorial pieces and attaining new talent in order to grow the audience. The company runs 4 blogs with 10 writers. We average 100K unique visitors a month and I manage all advertising across all blogs.
  
  The role as editor in chief takes me to 4 large conferences per year and nearly 20 additional smaller barcamps and 1 day conferences all over the US.
  
  In January 2009, I stepped down and closed the company. My career, passion and focus took a different direction and I would like to be fully committed to my current and future endeavors. I would like to thank all of my partners, team members and friends who helped me with this company and I'm happy to have stepped away at a good time.

• Service Manager / Level 2 Technician

  GWANDA LLC

  (Computer & Network Security industry)

  October 2005 — September 2008 (3 years )

  I operate in a central position of all daily activities. Managing client to technician interaction and acting as the focal point of all technical questions for clients and on site technicians. I also perform scheduling of all on-site technical service calls and manage ticketing system which is the hub of our business.
  
  Finally, I personally assist all managed services clients performing most duties remotely and if not, ensuring their technical issues are resolved quickly witht he most appropriate technician. I am on call 24/7 and commonly perform emergency technical assistance to clients remotely from anywhere via notebook computer.

• Assistant Store Manager Level II

  Apple Computer, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

  February 2005 — August 2005 (7 months)

  Trained at Apple for nearly a month in their management training program. On the team responsible for opening store R111 (Jacksonville, Florida) in March of 2005.
  
  Day to day duties included: Management of all Apple theater demonstrations, maintaining sales goals, ensuring Apple Policy & Procedure was maintained. Worked closely with Apple on loss prevention. Handled store opening and closing procedures including money handling and till operations. Handled all customer service incidents while I was Floor leader.

Adam Jackson’s Education

• First Coast Technical Institute

  Commercial Graphic Design 2003 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Studied graphic design and commercial art in a small classroom setting for 2 years on a part time basis. Learned Adobe print and web design tools, pre-press, printing and painstakingly learned how to use Quark.

• Pedro Menendez High School

  College Prepatory , All , 2000 — 2004

Additional Information

Adam Jackson’s Interests:

Macintosh, management, training, it, business, venture captalists firms, lifecasting, podcasting, rss, blogs, technology, cross-platform compatability, windows server 2003, 2007, microsoft exchange, mssql

Adam Jackson’s Groups:

Social Media Club, San Francisco Project Homeless Connect, Web 2.0, Twitter

•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    eMarketing Association Network
•    Microsoft Excel Users
•    ThoseinMedia
•    BlackBerry User Group
•    Apple Alumni
•    SBS and EBS Users
•    Smartphone Professionals (4000+)
•    SMB Professionals Group
•    Apple - Current and Former Employees
•    MOSS2007
•    Lunch 20
•    Founders Open Network CA
•    Bringing Barter Back

Adam Jackson’s Honors:

Apple Product Professional (Awarded July, 2005)
Microsoft 70-270 Certification (Received March, 2006)
Microsoft 70-290 Certification (Received January, 2008)
Microsoft 70-291 Certification (Received March, 2008)

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