WWWeb editorial standards lead at ibm.com
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
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- World Wide Web editorial standards lead at ibm.com
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- Offering manager at IBM
- Information developer at IBM
- Editor in Chief at ComputerUser.com
- Education
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- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- St. Cloud State University
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James Mathewson’s Summary
*I am a proven leader of large organizational content teams. My legacy in these positions is to improve systems and processes in order to ensure higher quality and higher volume of content.
*I chair ibm.com's Search and Syndication Council, which engages dozens of subject matter experts in content creation and delivery to improve search and syndication effectiveness for ibm.com.
*I have extensive experience as a writing instructor and in delivering self-help writing and editing educational resources.
* My M.S. degree in Scientific and Technical Communication will be completed by the end of July 2008.
*My career goal at IBM is to continue to lead content standards organizations, which improve the ibm.com user experience through better, more integrated Web content and architecture. This will lead to improved search and syndication effectiveness.
James Mathewson’s Specialties:
*I am a subject matter expert in Web content usability, especially dynamic navigation through taxonomy and advanced search through keyword usage.
*I am also a subject matter expert in the creation of solution-based content, which integrates content from different brands and business units within IBM to solve customer problems.
*I am an award-winning writer; I have published more than 1000 articles on various business technologies, especially related to Web technologies.
James Mathewson’s Experience
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World Wide Web editorial standards lead
ibm.com
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2006 — Present (1 year 8 months)
I develop and establish editorial standards and guidance for all sites on the ibm.com domain. I work with business-unit representatives and country managing editors to implement the standards. Much of this work involves creating educational resources to help content creators develop content to standards.
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Offering manager
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 9 months)
I edited white papers,online courses, and solution roadmaps authored by technical consultants who served IBM ISV Business Partners. I ran programs to improve the processes used to create and publish these resources online.
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Information developer
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2004 — January 2005 (10 months)
I developed the Solution planning topic on the IBM Systems Information Center.
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Editor in Chief
ComputerUser.com
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
February 1997 — July 2003 (6 years 6 months)
I planned, contracted, and edited all content for a monthly technology magazine and related Web site. I also wrote more than 1000 articles in my tenure with ComputerUser, which won several awards for content.
James Mathewson’s Education
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
M.S., Writing Studies: Scientific and Technical Communication, 1994 — 2008
I will graduate by the end of July, 2008.
- Activities and Societies:
- STC, Instructor, Opinions Editor for Minnesota Daily, Editor of Technology magazine, Nativity Adult Choir
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
M.A., Philosophy of Language, Linguistics, 1988 — 1992
I worked on a PhD until it became clear that the job market in academia was getting worse. So I decided to just get the MA and pursue a professional degree in STC.
- Activities and Societies:
- Teaching Assistant, Instructor
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St. Cloud State University
B.A., Philosophy, 1985 — 1987
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Kappa Phi, President, Philosophy Club, St. Mary's Cathedral Choir
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James Mathewson’s Interests:
Outdoor travel, canoe camping, sailing (cruising), biking, all things coffee, fine wines and spirits, gourmet home cooking, church choirs and choral music, interdisciplinary language studies, baseball, Minnesota Twins
James Mathewson’s Groups:
MLA
James Mathewson’s Honors:
Minnesota Magazine Publishing Awards, ibm.com Bravo! innovation award
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