John Eckman

Current

• Senior Director, Optaros Labs at Optaros

Past

• Practice Director, Next Generation Internet at Optaros
• Director of Development at PixelMedia
• Principal Consultant at Molecular

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Education

• Northeastern University
• University of Washington, Seattle
• Boston University

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Industry

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Websites

• My Blog
• My Company
• John Eckman

John Eckman’s Summary

Seasoned professional with cross-disciplinary expertise in user experience, project management, and software engineering. Highly effective communicator with designers, developers, and business stakeholders. Proven ability to lead teams on large-scale development projects. Experience with all facets of the software lifecycle from initial scope definition and requirements cultivation through deployment and on-going support. Passion for innovative technologies and online communities; commitment to staff development, coaching,

John Eckman’s Specialties:

Open Source software, content management, online learning, social networking, blogging, innovation, research; LAMP, php, javascript, ajax.

John Eckman’s Experience

• Senior Director, Optaros Labs

  Optaros

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Optaros Labs is a research and applied innovation practice, focused on identifying significant trends and their potential impact on Optaros' clients and prospects. We focus on helping clients and prospects understand how to thrive as the world changes around them.
  
  Current items on the research agenda: Social Network Portability, Distributed Social Networking, Data Portability, new Mobile Platforms (Android, OpenMoko, LiMo, etc), Syndicated Interactivity (widgets with direct interaction), Microblogging, Lifestreaming, Augmented/assisted UGC, web standards across platforms (desktop, mobile, set top, web).

• Practice Director, Next Generation Internet

  Optaros

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  May 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 9 months)

  Optaros is an international consulting and systems integration firm that provides enterprises with best-fit solutions to IT business challenges, maximizing the benefits of open source software. Whether your organization has had little exposure to open source software or has open source-based solutions currently in place, Optaros has the business and IT problem solving experience to advise on the areas where open source can be effective and how to proactively manage the use and benefits of open source software.

• Director of Development

  PixelMedia

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

  May 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 1 month)

• Principal Consultant

  Molecular

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

  January 2000 — May 2005 (5 years 5 months)

John Eckman’s Education

• Northeastern University

  Masters , Information Systems , 2004 — 2006

• University of Washington, Seattle

  PhD , English / American Studies , September 1992 — December 1998

• Boston University

  BA , English , September 1988 — May 1992

Additional Information

John Eckman’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company
• John Eckman

John Eckman’s Interests:

Content Management, Free / Open Source Software, Online Communities, Web 2.0, Blogging

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