Jason Kolb

Current

Member at OpenID Foundation
Technical Leader at Cisco Systems

Past

Owner and CTO at Latigent LLC
Director of Global IT at Upstream LLC
Technology Architect at Protocol Marketing

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Education

University of St. Francis

Recommended

4 people have recommended Jason

Connections

121 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

Jason Kolb’s Summary

I am an author, a blogger, and the former founder and CTO of a business intelligence company (until Cisco acquired it).

Jason Kolb’s Specialties:

Online identity, distributed communication, real-time distributed applications, branding and identity, and analytics.

Jason Kolb’s Experience

Member

OpenID Foundation

(Computer Software industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )
Technical Leader

Cisco Systems

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

October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Owner and CTO

Latigent LLC

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

January 2002 — October 2007 (5 years 10 months)

- Latigent was acquired by Cisco Systems in September of 2007 -

Co-founded Latigent, which offered a Web-based business intelligence product suite to the mid-market, without venture capital and completely boostrapped by the principals. Responsible for product development as well as outreach to the technical community and driving technical sales efforts and online presence.

Successfully executed exit strategy culminating in acquisition by Cisco Systems.
Director of Global IT

Upstream LLC

(Computer Software industry)

August 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 5 months)

Led Information Technology division of this global call center outsourcer. Was responsible for budgeting, forecasting, team building, technology platform direction, and directing strategic technology projects. Designed and led development of a custom software platform that integrated CRM, order tracking, payment processing, and direct marketing, rolled out and used in six call centers worldwide (and growing) by thousands of telephone agents. Directed and directly supervised global VOIP delpoyment projects and integrated new network and voice segments into existing legacy infrastructures.
Technology Architect

Protocol Marketing

(Computer Software industry)

2000 — 2004 (4 years )

Was responsible for designing and leading implementation of customized call center platform for CRM and fulfillment operations, and developed systems to integrate the VOIP platform with CRM systems and provide a consolidated reporting platform.

Jason Kolb’s Education

University of St. Francis

BS , Technology Management , 1998 — 2002

Graduated Magna Cum Laude, 3.9/4.0 GPA

Activities and Societies:

Member of Epsilon Delta Pi Computer Science Honor Society

Additional Information

Jason Kolb’s Websites:

Jason Kolb’s Interests:

On a personal level, my interests are all over the map. I'm very into exercising and staying fit, and I'm usually at the gym at least three times a week, while snowboarding, playing basketball, and boxing as much as possible. I am an oenophile (which means I enjoy wine :), I enjoy gourmet cooking, and I paint and draw when I have time as well. I love to read, but usually not fiction. I'm very into learning about psychology and human behavior, quantum physics, antedeluvian history, and of course technology. I'm also getting married in June of 2007, which is consuming any free time I have left!