Jon Werner

Evangelist/Visionary

Austin, Texas Area

Current
  • Founder/Evangelist at Bones in Motion, Inc.
Past
  • Director, Business Development at TippingPoint
  • Director, Product Management at Netpliance (IPO)
  • Director, Strategic Alliances at Activerse (Acquired by CMGi)
  • Director Product Managment and Business Development at TriTeal (IPO)
  • Advisory Developer at IBM
  • Director of Software Development at Trident Systems
Education
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Connections
424 connections
Industry
Wireless

Jon Werner’s Summary

To invest my time and energy making things easier to use.

Jon Werner’s Specialties:

Idea creation, product development, technical due dilligence, competitive analysis, strategic marketing, human factors


Jon Werner’s Experience

  • Founder/Evangelist

    Bones in Motion, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

    August 2002Present (7 years)

    Mobile lifestyle services company that develops mobile phone applications and web services that monitor and track outdoor enthusiasts in real-time and creates a dynamic online journal of their distance, pace, calories burned, and route taken.

  • Director, Business Development

    TippingPoint

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; COMS; Computer & Network Security industry)

    January 2001February 2002 (1 year 2 months)

    Responsible for business development in the areas of technical due diligence and hardware/software licensing.

  • Director, Product Management

    Netpliance (IPO)

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; NPLI; Computer Hardware industry)

    February 1999February 2001 (2 years 1 month)

    Responsible for market research, competitive analysis, product features, IP, and business development for content and software licensing.

  • Director, Strategic Alliances

    Activerse (Acquired by CMGi)

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    January 1998January 1999 (1 year 1 month)

    Responsible for licensing instant messaging SDK to developers within companies focused on ad-hoc communications.

  • Director Product Managment and Business Development

    TriTeal (IPO)

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; TEAL; Computer Software industry)

    July 1995December 1997 (2 years 6 months)

    Liason between engineering and marketing and chief evangelist of a GUI desktop for 20+ flavors of UNIX. Acting CTO.

  • Advisory Developer

    IBM

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

    January 1991June 1995 (4 years 6 months)

    Lead architect for CDE. Lead architect for Motif and Xt/X11 toolkits.

  • Director of Software Development

    Trident Systems

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Military industry)

    August 1986December 1990 (4 years 5 months)

    Managed development of classified software projects for the Navy.
    Conceived and developed first B2B product for touch screens.


Jon Werner’s Education

  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette

    BSCS , Computer Science, English , 19801985

    Activities and Societies:
    Theta Xi (AO 712), USL Entertainment Chairman :)

Additional Information

Jon Werner’s Interests:

Parenting, Skiing, Running, Cycling

Jon Werner’s Groups:

  •    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
  •    280 Group: Product Management & Product Marketing
  •    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
  •    Austin High-Tech
  •    ΘΞ
  •    University of Louisiana at Lafayette Alumni
  •    Wireless Internet Industry Executives (WIIE)...5,300+ members & growing!
  •    TriTeal Alumni
  •    Fitness and Wellness Stakeholders and Professionals
  •    Location-Based Services (LBS) Zone
  •    Senior Level Fitness Industry Professionals (Executives)

Jon Werner’s Honors:

16 US Patents Granted, 12+ Patents Pending


Jon Werner’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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