Jason Craft

Web Technologies Manager at University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas Area

Current
Past
  • Technical Lead at Terra Incognita Productions
  • Director of Technology, Lead Developer at Enspire Learning
  • Research Fellow at Digital Media Collaboratory, IC2 Institute, UT Austin
Education
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • Transylvania University
Connections
287 connections
Industry
E-Learning

Jason Craft’s Summary

I build software for learning -- Web applications, simulations, interactive learning resources. I also lead teams of smart people who do this work.

Jason Craft’s Specialties:

- instructional software and simulation development
- technology management
- Web applications development
- interactive narrative and convergent media design


Jason Craft’s Experience

  • Web Technologies Manager

    University of Texas at Austin

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    May 2008Present (1 year 7 months)

    - Lead of the University of Texas at Austin's central Web technologies team.
    - Responsible for strategic technology management of Web Central (http://www.utexas.edu), the UT Direct application hosting environment, and a number of other campus-wide Web infrastructure tools.
    - Business development and project management as a vendor of Web solutions and consultancy to academic and administrative clients throughout the UT community.

  • Technical Lead

    Terra Incognita Productions

    (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

    September 2007May 2008 (9 months)

    - Software development, business development, and project management in close collaboration with a small, talented team and our clients.
    - Flash and Flex development, ActionScript (3 and 2), PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, XSLT, Java, Fedora Commons Repository software, SOAP, ColdFusion 8.

  • Director of Technology, Lead Developer

    Enspire Learning

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)

    October 2004September 2007 (3 years )

    - Manager of software development, IT infrastructure, and technology personnel for Enspire.
    - Sales engineer and consultant with clients on design, development, and implementation of learning software: specialist on learning interoperability standards.
    - Technical lead and simulation designer for software and simulation projects in ActionScript and Java, including Brandon Hall award-winning courseware.

  • Research Fellow

    Digital Media Collaboratory, IC2 Institute, UT Austin

    (Educational Institution; Computer Games industry)

    January 2004September 2004 (9 months)

    - Doctoral research in the fields of convergent media, game studies, and cultural studies.
    - Studies focused on massively multiplayer online games, online community management, and brand management.
    - Presented research to corporate and academic constituents as part of research commercialization laboratory.

  • Consulting Software Developer

    ExploreLearning

    (E-Learning industry)

    June 2003September 2004 (1 year 4 months)

    - Developed learning management system for cataloguing and serving of Shockwave-based learning content.

  • Senior Web Developer

    Cirrus Logic

    (Public Company; Semiconductors industry)

    August 2001June 2003 (1 year 11 months)

    - Developed internal and public Web applications, including multi-lingual global corporate Web application.

  • Software Engineer

    ActiveInk Corporation

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; E-Learning industry)

    September 1999August 2001 (2 years )

    - Developed interface and backend layers of company Web site and learning management system in Java.
    - Curriculum design and development in language arts and literature.


Jason Craft’s Education

  • The University of Texas at Austin

    Ph.D. , Digital Literacies and Literatures , 19982004

    My dissertation in the Ph.D. program dealt with transmedia structures I call "fiction networks" and the deformative effects they have on narrative. Available at http://labs.tdl.org/tdl/handle/2152/1366

  • The University of Texas at Austin

    M.A. , English , 19941996

  • Transylvania University

    B.A. , English , 19901996


Additional Information

Jason Craft’s Groups:

  •    UT Austin Alumni Group
  •    Geek Austin
  •    Transylvania Alumni
  •    Motionographer
  •    Digital Media Collaboratory Alumni

Jason Craft’s Contact Settings

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