President of OakTree Digital, Internet Development Agency
Portland, Oregon Area
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- President/Head Coach at OakTree Digital
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- VP and Managing Editor at WhiteFox Communications
- Product Marketing Engineer at Intel Corporation
- Programmer at Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
- Education
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- University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
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John Schmitt’s Summary
John founded OakTree Digital in late 1992 with a desire to do great projects for great clients while simultaneously creating a healthy work environment for exceptional people. Much has changed in the business environment since then but the OakTree Digital culture of doing "whatever it takes to meet the client’s needs" (and still have fun) is going strong.
John earned a BA in Economics and an MBA in MIS from the University of Minnesota. He worked for Intel for fourteen years in product marketing and technical sales. For three years he was vice-president and managing editor of a Microsoft Windows software directory.
John's especially proud of two applications OakTree delivered:
The 2008 site for the Willamette Week Give!Guide collected over $800,000 for 55 local non-profits. This 50% increase over 2007 was unbelievable considering our economic times. A true testament to the great citizens of Portland.
The Alternate Format Ballot (AFB) used for the 2008 Oregon elections has truly touched people's lives in a positive way. The AFB is an HTML ballot used by voters with disabilities.
John also enjoys kicking 20-something's butt as the oldest member of his 3.5 USTA tennis team.
John Schmitt’s Specialties:
OakTree Digital is a full-service internet agency specializing in web based business process systems, health care applications, sales and marketing lead generation programs, (e-mail marketing, search engine optimization) and e-Learning tools and applications.
John Schmitt’s Experience
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President/Head Coach
OakTree Digital
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)
January 1993 — Present (17 years )
President/Head Coach
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VP and Managing Editor
WhiteFox Communications
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)
November 1989 — November 1992 (3 years 1 month)
Managing Editor of "The Windows Shopper's Guide", a directory of Windows 2.0 and 3.0 applications. Created dozens of software marketing directories under contract with companies like Microsoft, Intel, etc.
Our publication tracked Windows from it's 2.0 form through 3.1. Two highlights of that time were to be at the New York city launch of 3.0 and later to have Bill Gates hold up our publication at COMDEX and say "This is the greatest directory!" -
Product Marketing Engineer
Intel Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; intc; Semiconductors industry)
September 1975 — November 1989 (14 years 3 months)
PME for networking products in the OEM products group. Prior to that factory position, John was in technical sales in the Minneapolis sales office for seven years.
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Programmer
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1972 — September 1974 (2 years 1 month)
This University of Minnesota based research group focused on land use and urban planning. I was hired to write a terminal data input and data structure mapping program to be used to enter soil and forest types on top of existing land use data down to the parcel level (40 acres).
Hard to believe it now but I implemented the application in FORTRAN on a Control Data 3200 computer in the basement of Blegen Hall on the West Bank campus. The six foot high, twelve feet long transistor and wires computer had 128K of actual switching core memory. Pretty cool technology back then. We even took field trips to northern Minnesota to inspect actual land samples to see if the data was accurate. It was.
John Schmitt’s Education
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University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
MBA , MIS , 1973 — 1975
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
BA , Economics , 1963 — 1972
Additional Information
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John Schmitt’s Interests:
Content management, user interfaces, database applications, business process, social networking, voter assistance applications, tennis, tennis, tennis, etc.
John Schmitt’s Groups:
Oregon Entrepreneur Network, American Marketing Association
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PDX Technology Professionals - Portland Oregon -
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Intel® Software Partner Program -
ChariTweeps -
Life by Design NW
John Schmitt’s Honors:
OakTree Digital won a 2008 Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Award for Best Custom Content and was twice selected as one of The Best Companies to Work for in Oregon.
John Schmitt’s Contact Settings
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