Jim Spencer jim@jbspartners.com

Current

• Owner at JBS Partners, Inc.

Past

• Field Services Engineer at Performix Technologies
• Assistant Vice President at Scudder Kemper Investments
• Asst Room Service Manager at Four Seasons

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Education

• Clark University
• Principia College

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website

Jim Spencer jim@jbspartners.com’s Summary

*First Job
My career began in the hospitality industry, with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. I held positions in the rooms division and food and beverage in Santa Barbara, California and Nevis, West Indies. In Boston, I worked with the number two in the Westin Hotel, Copley Place managing the annual and 5 year capital budgets and the renovation of the Hotel Lobby and restaurants.

*Technology
I attended Clark University in 1997 to make an avocation a vocation. Upon graduation I found work with a MSP and within six months passed all MCSE exams on the first go.

At Scudder Kemper Investments I built about 30 Compaq Proliant Servers and sent them around the country, managing them remotely. In time, I became the Unix administrator, working with DNS and bringing new HP and Sun servers online. My final project was a $6.5M disaster recovery project involving 2 HP V class servers in a cluster connected to an EMC array with a Sybase database running on it. There was about $147B in managed assets on the system.

Corporate mergers led to my lay off and short stint at a small technology firm in Burlington. This included a lot of travel and utilized my background in Unix, Windows and databases.

Two lay offs was enough. In 2002 I started my own business providing web site design, hosting, domain names, search engine optimization and most other services required to get a business online.

*Entrepreneur
In November, 2003 I began developing a new Chapter of Business Networking International, BNI here in Winchester. I have since left BNI.

In 2004, in collaboration with the director of the Winchester Library we formed a local group of entrepreneurs called Networking @ the Library. We have over 500 members. Each meeting includes speakers of interest and time for networking.

In 2007 I began my involvement in social media marketing and enjoy attending local events in related subjects. That means actually meeting the folks I interact with online.

Jim Spencer jim@jbspartners.com’s Specialties:

Project management, technology implementation, web design, search engine optimization, photography, writing, consulting, customer service, follow-up, networking, presentation, internet marketing.

Jim Spencer jim@jbspartners.com’s Experience

• Owner

  JBS Partners, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  October 2002 — Present (5 years 8 months)

  JBS Partners works with businesses to develop or optimize their web sites. We serve a diverse range of industries from food and beverage and the auto industry to the legal profession.
  We provide all of the necessary tools and talent for your project, including custom web design, programming, photography, writing, printing, search engine optimization and promotion, domain names, hosting and ecommerce all customized to meet your business requirements.

• Field Services Engineer

  Performix Technologies

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  February 2002 — October 2002 (9 months)

  Traveling Engineer supporting Oracle, Sun, Linux and Windows operating systems running company software. Created and documented database creation scripts, resolved software issues, standardized installation procedures and generated internal and client documentation.

• Assistant Vice President

  Scudder Kemper Investments

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Investment Management industry)

  July 1998 — October 2000 (2 years 4 months)

  Built and remotely managed over 30 Windows servers distributed around the United States. Supported Sun and HP development and production Unix servers with Sybase databases. Production system comprised of two V class servers in a cluster attached to an EMC array with 1.5 terrabytes of storage. This supported $145B in assets and over 900 users and 5000 client accounts.

• Asst Room Service Manager

  Four Seasons

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; fs; Hospitality industry)

  November 1990 — April 1994 (3 years 6 months)

  Integral member of the opening management team that earned the the first, and at that time only, AAA 5 Star resort award in the Caribbean. Managed three departments, Room Service, Mini Bar and the Golf Beverage Cart.
  
  We just returned to Nevis for a week, after twelve years away. We received the warmest welcome possible from the many people that we worked with. What a fabulous place to vacation, or live.

Jim Spencer jim@jbspartners.com’s Education

• Clark University

  MCSE, Computer Networking, 1997 — 1997

• Principia College

  BA, History, 1982 — 1986

  Brooks House South
  The Pilot

  Activities and Societies:

  School Newspaper - Awarded Second Best News Story in the state of Illinois

Additional Information

Jim Spencer jim@jbspartners.com’s Websites:

• My Website

Jim Spencer jim@jbspartners.com’s Groups:

BNI - Business Networking International
Founder and past President of the Waterfield Chapter.
visit www.bnimass.com and search by chapter name.

Networking @ the Library - local entreprenuers gather to learn how to harness community resources, networking, to hear informative presentions by local entreprenuers.

Jim Spencer jim@jbspartners.com’s Contact Settings

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