Jay Thompson

Tech savvy real estate professional.

A man with a blogging problem.

Prior corporate experience in Human Resource, manufacturing management, semiconductor process engineering.

Jay Thompson’s Specialties:

Negotiations, management, website creation and management, Search Engine Optimization. Employee relations and development, staffing, recruiting, performance management, salary planning. Budget planning, cost analysis and control.

Jay Thompson’s Experience

Instructor

Eagle University - First American Title

(Public Company; FAF; Information Services industry)

August 2009 — Present (8 months)

Certified by Arizona Dept of Real Estate (Instructor #I09-0093) to teach Continuing Education courses. Currently instructing "Electronic Media is Here", a 3 hour CE credit course for Commissioner Standards throughout the state of Arizona.
Designated Broker / Owner

Thompson's Realty

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)

February 2008 — Present (2 years 2 months)

Boutique real estate brokerage specializing in Phoenix area residential new and resale properties and land sales.
Owner / Operator
Realty Tech Help (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2007 — Present (3 years 3 months)

Providing technical assistance for real estate professionals. Specializing in customization of Point2 Agent websites and WordPress blogs
Real Estate Blogger

Blogosphere

(Real Estate industry)

2005 — Present (5 years )

Founder: PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com and NARWisdom.com

Contributor at:
http://GeekEstateBlog.com
http://blog.homegain.com
http://AgentGenius.com
http://blog.frontdoor.com

All running on the Wordpress platform
Blog Author

Blogger

(Real Estate industry)

2005 — Present (5 years )
Realtor

Century 21 Aware Realty

(Real Estate industry)

August 2003 — February 2008 (4 years 7 months)
Resource manager

Manpower

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MAN; Defense & Space industry)

July 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 1 month)

National account manager serving Honeywell Aerospace Division
HR

Freescale Semiconductor

(Human Resources industry)

2000 — 2004 (4 years )
Human Resources

Motorola

(Public Company; Human Resources industry)

1980 — 2004 (24 years )

Began as entry level production worker, moved into process engineering, then manufacturing management,then to human resources.
Manufacturing Management

Motorola

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Semiconductors industry)

1994 — 1999 (5 years )
Process Engineering Technician

Intel

(Public Company; Semiconductors industry)

June 1988 — December 1989 (1 year 7 months)

Jay Thompson’s Education

St. Edward's University

BLS , Human Resource Management , September 1995 — December 1998

Activities and Societies:

Valedictorian, Graduated Summa Cum Laude