Jeff Davis

Current

Manager, Learning Technologies and Operations at Google
Author/Editor/Designer at Jeff Davis Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)
Instructor at Learning Tree International

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Past

MBA Student at Duke
Online Sales and Operations MBA Intern at Google
President/Consultant at Data Foundations, Inc.

Adjunct Faculty - Computer and Information Sciences Department at Santa Rosa Junior College
Consultant (Sole Proprietorship)
Senior Project Leader at ZD Labs (Ziff Davis)

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Education

Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
University of California, Davis
University of St. Andrews

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Recommended

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Connections

463 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Some of my published articles

Jeff Davis’s Summary

Bringing excellent management, technology, and communication skills to the development of new products and new businesses. Pursuing opportunities to work with great people and bring innovative and important ideas to market.

Jeff Davis’s Specialties:

Product development, competitive analysis, strategic planning, learning solution design, teaching, and Windows architecture and management technologies.

Jeff Davis’s Experience

Manager, Learning Technologies and Operations

Google

(Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

I lead a team that brings Google's training efforts to scale with innovative processes and technology
Author/Editor/Designer
Jeff Davis Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

2000 — Present (9 years)

Responsible for developing hands-on, technical Windows administration seminars. Involved in course design, marketing, writing course materials, creation of hands-on lab environments, mentoring of authors and instructors, and testing/design of online presentation systems.
Instructor

Learning Tree International

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; LTRE; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

January 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)

Provide public and private training events in the United States and Europe. Present lectures, facilitate group exercises, and offer consultative mentoring. Outstanding lifetime customer approval ratings of 3.91/4 (instructor) and 3.77/4 (course). Concentration on Windows technologies.
MBA Student

Duke

(Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 10 months)
Online Sales and Operations MBA Intern

Google

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GOOG; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

General management intern focused on developing and training teams in use of competitive analysis framework.
President/Consultant

Data Foundations, Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1996 — January 2000 (4 years 1 month)

Responsible for business development and technical team leadership in enterprise networking projects. Clients included CAS Systems, Wetfeet Press, Lightwave Microsystems, Trayer Engineering, etc.

Also evaluated software and hardware products for national publications. Published 50+ features and reviews in PC Magazine, PC Week, MacUser, MacWeek, MacWorld, etc. (Look for byline of J.W. Davis)
Adjunct Faculty - Computer and Information Sciences Department

Santa Rosa Junior College

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

1990 — 1996 (6 years)

Provided classroom instruction & curriculum development in CIS department. Classes taught include: Introduction to Programming, Introduction to 4th Dimension, Hypertalk Programming, Macintosh System Management, etc. Member of staffing and resource committees. Presenter at NC5 conferences.
Consultant
Sole Proprietorship

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

1991 — 1995 (4 years)

Responsible for implementation, testing, and development of networking and database solutions in large and small enterprises. Clients included: Pacific Bell, Apple Computer, Santa Rosa Cast Products.
Senior Project Leader

ZD Labs (Ziff Davis)

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

1992 — 1994 (2 years)

Managed project teams of 4 to 10 people evaluating computer and networking technologies for Ziff Davis computer publications. Developed lab report standards and mentored junior project leaders.

Jeff Davis’s Education

Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

MBA , Strategy Concentration , 2006 — 2008
University of California, Davis

B.A. , Economics , 1985 — 1990

Minors - Computer Science, English
4-Year University of California Regents Scholarship

Activities and Societies:

Education Abroad Program (St. Andrews, Scotland). Intramural basketball.
University of St. Andrews

Economics, English 1988 — 1989

Senior Year studies abroad (via U.C. Davis). Studied honors Economics and English. Played a lot of golf.

Activities and Societies:

Christian Union, University Basketball Team