J Schwan
Founder and President: Solstice Consulting and Bottega Sol
- Location
- Greater Chicago Area
- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
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J Schwan's Overview
- Current
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- Founder and President at Bottega Sol
- Founder and President at Solstice Consulting
- Past
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- Independent eCommerce Consultant at WW Grainger, City of Chicago, Northern Trust Company
- Consultant at Accenture
- Education
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Recommendations
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29 people have recommended J
- Connections
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500+ connections
- Websites
J Schwan's Summary
I am the Founder and President of Solstice Consulting and Bottega Sol corporations.
Solstice is Chicago's leading enterprise mobility consulting firm. Solstice's holistic set of mobility services provides forward-thinking organizations with mobile strategy, mobile development, mobile security and infrastructure services. Solstice has been recognized by Consulting Magazine as one of America's Seven Small Jewels and has made the Inc 500|5000 Fastest Growing Companies list for the past 2 years.
Bottega Sol is the product development arm of Solstice Consulting. We've created a set of Mobile as a Service solutions for businesses and individuals that make their lives more efficient and improves interaction with their customers.
In addition to helping our teams build great products for our customers, I enjoy speaking about emerging technology topics at many educational institutions, technology conferences and focus groups.
Specialties
Mobile Strategy, Mobile Application Development, Cloud Computing, Social Media, Enterprise Architecture, Agile Development, Lean IT, Technology Resource Acquisition, Technology Consulting, Technology Strategy, Web 2.0, Software Development
J Schwan's Experience
Founder and President
Bottega Sol
March 2011 – Present (1 year 3 months) Greater Chicago Area
Bottega Sol builds Mobile as a Service (MaaS) platforms for niche industries. I lead our product development and sales teams on the development and go-to-market strategies for our MiGym, MiTown, MiBusiness and MiEvent platforms.
Founder and President
Solstice Consulting
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
2001 – Present (11 years) Greater Chicago Area
I lead a team of emerging technology engineers creating awesome mobile strategies, mobile apps and mobile infrastructures for some of our country's largest and most forward-thinking organizations.
Independent eCommerce Consultant
WW Grainger, City of Chicago, Northern Trust Company
December 1999 – December 2001 (2 years 1 month) Greater Chicago Area
Consulted for the functional and technical design of www.grainger.com, one of the highest volume, industrial B2B sites in the world.
Architected and implemented an online bill payment solution for the City of Chicago.
Implemented Northern Trust's first employee intranet portal.
Consultant
Accenture
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; ACN; Management Consulting industry
1996 – 1999 (3 years)
Consulted as a technology lead for several different blue chip companies including Hallmark, United Airlines and Harbor Capital Advisors.
J Schwan's Volunteer Experience & Causes
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Volunteer Experience
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Race Coordinator
P.S.S. We Love You 5K Benefiting CHASA
- Health
January 2011 – present (1 year 5 months)My wife and I put on an annual 5K to bring awareness to pediatric stroke symptoms and raise funds for additional therapy for babies and kids that have had been affected by stroke. Find out more at www.pssweloveyou.com
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Volunteer Interests
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Causes I care about:
- Children
- Education
- Health
- Science and Technology
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Organizations I support:
- Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association
- Children's Memorial Foundation
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
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J Schwan's Skills & Expertise
J Schwan's Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelors of Science, Materials Science and Engineering
1993 – 1997
2012 Young Alumnus of the Year Award
Undergraduate researcher for MatSE department Sophomore-Senior year focused on combining MatSE and Information Technology disciplines.
Activities and Societies: Alpha Delta Phi
J Schwan's Additional Information
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- Interests:
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Triathlon, Tennis, Golf, Skiing
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Founder - Chicago Mobile Meetup, Technology Executives Club of Chicago, Project Management Institute, Association for Information Technology Professionals, Technology Executives Network, Illinois Technology Association, International Health and Racquet Sports Association
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- Honors and Awards:
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University of Illinois College of Engineering Young Alumnus Award
Speaker, CIO Forum and Executive IT Summit
Speaker, CAMP IT
Speaker, Association for Information Technology Professionals
Speaker, Technology Executives Club
Speaker, Consulting Magazine Consulting Summit
Speaker, Technology Executives Network
Speaker, Business Network Chicago
Speaker, Project Management Institute
Speaker, Independent Computer Consultants Association
Round Table Scholar
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
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