Jacob Cynamon-Murphy

Current

Counselor at SCORE

Past

Web Project Manager at BlueBolt Solutions
Technology Hunter at Inventables
Games Master at GameTime 24x7

Corporate Real Estate Advisor at UGL Equis Corporation
Developer Evangelist at Microsoft Corporation
Account Executive at Drumlins Advertising

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Education

Washington University in St. Louis

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Industry

Computer Software

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Jacob Cynamon-Murphy’s Summary

Jacob recently led a five-developer team at BlueBolt Solutions, managing client projects for new DotNetNuke and ASPDotNetStorefront web sites. This involved directing timelines and project resources to ensure timely completion of client projects, as well as strategic planning of company-wide operations improvements.

Previously a corporate real estate advisor at UGL Equis (http://www.ugl-equis.com), a multidisciplinary corporate real estate services firm that delivers integrated services exclusively to business space users. Jacob worked with Chicago and Fortune 500 businesses to help them align their real estate decisions with their business priorities. During this time, he managed projects to find office spaces for the US Census Bureau's 2010 Census project.

Prior to Equis, Jacob served as a partner relations lead and developer evangelist at Microsoft Corporation. In the partner relations role, Jacob advised valued Microsoft partners with strategies to maximize their new business development and business-to-business growth opportunities. As an evangelist, Jacob built developer community in the Midwest, sharing new technologies and techniques to help developers using the Microsoft toolset.

Jacob Cynamon-Murphy’s Specialties:

Project management, technology utilization, process improvements, business development, small business consulting, networking/partnering, entrepreneurship, emerging technology

Jacob Cynamon-Murphy’s Experience

Counselor

SCORE

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

As a SCORE counselor, my goal is to advise clients with all areas of business start-up planning, growth strategy and development. We can assist small businesses with all aspects of their company's needs. Because of my backgrounds in technology marketing and real estate account management, my primary focus is for businesses with marketing and sales needs.
Web Project Manager

BlueBolt Solutions

(Internet industry)

August 2008 — October 2009 (1 year 3 months)

Project management for client website development, including content management systems, company portals, public websites and eCommerce initiatives. Overseeing process improvements for design and development teams. Supervising team of five developers across several simultaneous client or internal projects.
Technology Hunter

Inventables

(Privately Held; Design industry)

April 2009 — May 2009 (2 months)

Researched and reported on new technologies and manufacturing processes to the head of research at Inventables. Piloted an Amazon Mechanical Turk campaign to produce research more effectively.
NOTE: Program concluded at end of May.
Games Master

GameTime 24x7

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

January 2008 — April 2008 (4 months)

GameTime 24x7 is all about bringing the concepts of fun and games to the business world, including sales and marketing, business relationships, training, and professional/career development.

We also have a division devoted to fun and games for social benefits, including league play, game nights, singles events and the vision of a 24x7 games lounge to host all sorts of games and experiences.
Corporate Real Estate Advisor

UGL Equis Corporation

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Commercial Real Estate industry)

November 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 5 months)

My job at UGL Equis was to support corporate decision makers (CxOs and VPs) with their real estate planning and execution. We would align their real estate decisions with their overall business strategy to reduce costs and enhance revenues for their organization.
Developer Evangelist

Microsoft Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

July 2003 — October 2006 (3 years 4 months)

At Microsoft, I was a subject matter expert (SME) on software development technologies and techniques, particularly within the .NET platform. I travelled across the US, speaking with customers about how they utilized our development platform and where they could gain additional benefits.
Account Executive

Drumlins Advertising

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

May 2000 — August 2000 (4 months)

Sold print advertising and managed new account relationships

Jacob Cynamon-Murphy’s Education

Washington University in St. Louis

BS , Computer Science , 1999 — 2003

Majored in Computer Science, minored in Legal Studies. Participated in wedding photographer research project on human/computer interaction. Served as producer for independent study film short, later presented in the St. Louis Filmmakers' Showcase (see IMDB.com for more details).

Activities and Societies:

Alpha Epsilon Pi, Student Admissions Committee (SAC), Tau Beta Pi, Golden Key

Additional Information

Jacob Cynamon-Murphy’s Websites:

My Blog

Jacob Cynamon-Murphy’s Interests:

Cycling, cooking, project management, animated films and shows, games (board, card, video, word, puzzles), reading (esp. cyberpunk, steampunk and business books)