Director, Business Development, Smart Solutions Inc.
Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area
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- Director, Business Development at Smart Solutions Inc.
- Past
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- Managing Partner/CEO at The Edge Network Consulting Group
- Director of Technology & Information Systems at Nordonia Hills City Schools
- Board of Directors at TekConnect Corporation
- Grant Director at Kent State
- Director of Digital Video Conference Project at Kent State University
- Intervention Specialist, Coach at Nordonia Hills City Schools
- Education
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- Muskingum College
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Doug Jones’s Summary
1985 - Graduated High School - Buckye Trail, Old Washington, OH
1985-89 - Muskingum College, BA, Major - Elem. Education, Minors in Business, Economics and Physical Education.
1989-90 School Year - Employed by the Wayne County BOE as the HS SBH teacher, stationed at North Central Schools (Norwayne, Hs). Varsity Assistant Coach in Football and Basketball.
1990-98 School Years - Employed by Nordonia Hills City School District, 1 year Elementary SBH Teacher the rest as High School Intervention Specialist, also coached varsity football (4 years), and varsity basketball (8 years), and varsity golf (4 years). Director/Founder, CyberSchool Ohio.
1998-2000 - Employed by the Summit County Educational Service Center as a Technology Consultant for 16 other schools in Summit County and the Technology Coordinator for te ESC.
2000-2001 - Employed by Kent State University to manage and direct a low bandwidth, desktop video conferencing project which was funded by the Ohio Board of Reagants. Also did various consulting projects.
2001-2007 - Employed by the Nordonia Hills City School District to be the Director of Technology and Information Systems. This position provided me a tremendous opportuniy to put my theories into practice and gut and re-build a systemic technology system.
2007-2008 - Co-Founder and CEO of the Edge Network Consulting Group.
Helped schools, small/medium business, and non-profit organizations cost-effectively implement IT/IS systems to advance the goals of their respective organization.
April 2008 - Merged The Edge Network Consulting Group with Smart Solutions Inc.
2008 - Present - Education Business Development, Smart Solutions Inc.
Doug Jones’s Specialties:
Systems Thinking, Planning, Development and Budgeting
Knowledge of industry technologies and how to best integrate those tehnologies
Doug Jones’s Experience
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Director, Business Development
Smart Solutions Inc.
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
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Managing Partner/CEO
The Edge Network Consulting Group
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
February 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 3 months)
The Edge Network Consulting Group is an IT/IS management consulting firm located in NE Ohio and working with Partners and clients throughout the US and Canada.
The Management Team of The Edge Network Consulting Group:
Doug Jones, Managing Partner/CEO
10 Years of IT Director-Level Experience at 3 levels of the Education Sector
Skill Areas:
Project management
Database administration
Leadership/Coaching
Futurist/Systemic Solutions
Mike Daugherty, Managing Partner/CIO, CTO
8 Years of Technology Integration Experience
Skill Areas:
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers
ColdFusion Applications Developer
Jackie Davis, Managing Partner/COO
4 Years Experience Technology Support and Integration
Corporal in United States Marine Corps
Skill Areas:
Staffing
Communications
Supply Chain
Procurement Processes -
Director of Technology & Information Systems
Nordonia Hills City Schools
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)
July 2001 — July 2007 (6 years 1 month)
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Board of Directors
TekConnect Corporation
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year )
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Grant Director
Kent State
(Management Consulting industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year )
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Director of Digital Video Conference Project
Kent State University
(Management Consulting industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year )
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Intervention Specialist, Coach
Nordonia Hills City Schools
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)
July 1990 — July 1998 (8 years 1 month)
Worked as an Intervention Specialist with kids with learning disabilities and behavior issues.
I coached varsity football for 4 years, jv/varsity basketball for 8 years and varsity golf for 4 years.
Directed the Ohio Chapter of Cyber School (1997/98), one of the first online high school course offerings for high school students in Ohio.
Doug Jones’s Education
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Muskingum College
BA , Elementary Education, PE, Business, Economics , 1985 — 1989
Coached Jr. High Basketball - John Glenn Middle School
- Activities and Societies:
- Varsity Football
M.A.C.E. Club Social Chairman
Additional Information
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Technology in Education
Doug Jones’s Contact Settings
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