Jack Mason

Current

• Global Business Services, Strategic Programs & Social Media at IBM

Past

• Executive Producer, Strategic Communications at IBM
• Correspondent at Small Times Media
• Editorial Director at Frankfurt Balkind Partners

• Executive Producer at Time Inc. New Media
• Executive Producer at Pathfinder, Time Inc. New Media
• Senior Writer at Time Warner Corporate Communications

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Education

• Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
• Brown University
• Christian Brothers Academy

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Recommended

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Connections

415 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Jack Mason’s Summary

To extend my range of knowledge and contacts through new modes of collaboration, and to drive business innovation through new practices and paradigms

Jack Mason’s Specialties:

smart systems, social media software and networking, Web 2.0 and collaborative innovation, virtual worlds & 3D Internet, augmented reality, healthcare information technologies,corporate strategy and communications, nanotechnology commercialization

Jack Mason’s Experience

• Global Business Services, Strategic Programs & Social Media

  IBM

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

  Specializing in planning and managing strategic communications programs, with a focus on business social networking, new collaboration practices, smart systems, virtual worlds and 3D Internet innovations, healthcare technologies and transformation. Other areas of expertise include innovation policy and trends, open standards and technology, the globally integrated enterprise and economy, Web 2.0 innovations (blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, etc.)and the convergence of technologies--info/bio/and nano.

• Executive Producer, Strategic Communications

  IBM

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2004 — September 2008 (4 years 4 months)

• Correspondent

  Small Times Media

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  January 2002 — June 2004 (2 years 6 months)

  Reporting on the commercialization of nanotechnology, materials science and micromachine systems for (www.smalltimes.com) 2003 Finalist for Foresight Institute's Feynman Prize in communication about nanotechnology; Also covered nanoscience and business in stories for Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech Report , Salon.com and Technology Review

• Editorial Director

  Frankfurt Balkind Partners

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1997 — 2001 (4 years)

  Lead wordsmith and senior manager for a staff of more than 50 writers, art directors, designers, Web site developers and account executives in strategic and creative engagements at acclaimed cross-disciplinary communications agency. Supervised and collaborated with a core group of four staff and freelance copywriters. FBP specializes in brand development through integrated identity, marketing, advertising and web architecture. Creative work ranges across media—print, television, web, digital, radio. Selected clients—Cablevision, About.com, Knight Ridder, Goldman Sachs, Schering-Plough, Janssen Pharmaceutica

• Executive Producer

  Time Inc. New Media

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)

  1994 — 1997 (3 years)

  Oversaw six members of a 40-person team of writers, producers, programmers, and designers who first brought Time Inc. magazines including Time, Fortune, Money, and Sports Illustrated onto the Internet. The Entertainment Group worked specifically with People, Entertainment Weekly, Life and Sports Illustrated For Kids. Also managed collaborations with other Time Warner divisions including Warner Music Group, Home Box Office and Warner Bros. Studios.

• Executive Producer

  Pathfinder, Time Inc. New Media

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1994 — 1997 (3 years)

• Senior Writer

  Time Warner Corporate Communications

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  1990 — 1994 (4 years)

  Developed, launched, reported, wrote and edited TWX (formerly i.e.), award-winning corporate magazine for the world’s largest media and entertainment company. Covered corporate developments in music, television, film, cable and communications technology, publishing and magazines.

Jack Mason’s Education

• Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism

  MSJ , Journalism , 1988 — 1989

• Brown University

  BA , Semiotics , September 1981 — May 1986

• Christian Brothers Academy

  1977 — 1981

Additional Information

Jack Mason’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Jack Mason’s Interests:

Virtual worlds, metaverse, 3DWeb, Blender 3D Modeling, art & nanotechnology (see Portfolio), piano & electronic keyboard playing, blogging and new media, skiing, tennis, golf

Jack Mason’s Groups:

Virtual Worlds Connect, Virtual Worlds Association, Nanobusiness Alliance,

•    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
•    Association of Virtual Worlds
•    Brown Alumni Association
•    Time Inc.
•    Metaverse Meetup
•    Columbia Journalism Alumni
•    Social Network Analysis in Practice
•    Business Intelligence and Analytics Professionals
•    Business Analytics and Optimization
•    ThinkBalm Innovation Community

Jack Mason’s Honors:

2008: IBM Ovation Award, Outstanding Leadership in Creating and Launching ThinkForward social networking initiative for new IBM marketing, communications and corporate citizenship function

2007: IBM Ovation Award, for leading development of The Greater IBM Connection

2005: IBM/Duke Corporate Education Core Business Program, CEO of winning business simulation team

2003: Feynman Prize Finalist, award for achievement in communication on nanotechnology

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