Steve Jacobs

Current

CEO at Online Conferencing Systems Group, Inc.

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Past

President, IDEAL at NCR Corporation
Many other positions at NCR Corporation

Education

The Ohio State University

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Steve Jacobs’s Summary

Steve Jacobs has been in the computer industry for 35 years. Jacobs is President of IDEAL Group, Inc. IDEAL GROUP is a 2002 spin-off from IDEAL at NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR). IDEAL Group has three subsidiary companies:

Online Conferencing Systems Group, Inc.
http://onlineconferencingsystems.com/

InftyReader Group, Inc.
http://inftyreader.org/

Apps4Android, Inc.
http://apps4android.org

IDEAL Group's mission is, "To develop advanced technology in support of enhancing the quality-of-life, independence, education and employment levels of persons with disabilities."

Jacobs served as President of IDEAL at NCR until his retirement from NCR after 25 years of service. Previous to heading IDEAL Jacobs had responsibilities as NCR’s global accessibility program manager and managed a wide-range of technical support, application development, technical education, hardware product management and commercial industry marketing groups.

Previous to NCR’s spin-off from AT&T, at the end of 1996, Jacobs served as Chairman AT&T Project Freedom. In 1993 Project Freedom pioneered the development and use of interactive video technology for sign-language communications over ISDN phone lines. This service has evolved into what is now known as Video Relay Services (VRS).

Appointments:
http://ideal-group.org/appointments

Publications:
http://ideal-group.org/publications

Current Projects:
http://ideal-group.org/initiatives

IDEAL Group History:
http://ideal-group.org/history

Steve Jacobs’s Specialties:

1. Re-purpose open source assistive technology software as portable applications;

2. Conduct market research on the global business benefits of accessible design;

3. Conduct courses on the global business benefits of accessible E&IT design: http://www.ideal-group.org/courses

4. Develop and integrate accessible online conferencing and collaboration technologies into existing infrastructures.

Steve Jacobs’s Experience

CEO

Apps4Android

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

January 2009 — Present (1 year )

Apps4Android is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IDEAL Group, Inc. Apps4Android is dedicated to developing free/low-cost, high-quality, mobile applications that enhance the quality-of-life, independence and employability of individuals with disabilities.

IDEAL Group is a technology company focused on developing and using advanced technology in support of enhancing the productivity, quality-of-life, independence, educatability and employability of persons with disabilities. IDEAL Group is a 2002 spin-off from IDEAL at NCR Corporation.
CEO

InftyReader Group, Inc.

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

InftyReader Group provides Optical Character Recognition (OCR) applications that recognize and translates scientific documents (including math symbols) into LaTeX, MathML and XHTML.

InftyReader can recognize tables including math expressions in the cells so long as the ruled lines are not broken.

InftyReader recognizes and translates print documents. It is capable, believe it or not, to perform the following conversions:

BMP images into LaTeX files;
BMP images into MathML files;
GIF images into LaTeX files;
GIF images into MathML files;
PDF iles into LaTeX files;
PDF images into MathML files;
PNG images into LaTeX files;
PNG images into MathML files;
TIFF images into LaTeX files;
TIFF images into MathML files;

InftyReader incorporates the use of three OCR engines. The first is InftyReader's own OCR engine which has been designed to recognize scientific and mathematical symbols in formulae. The second and third OCR engines are from the Toshiba Corporation (ExpressReaderPro) and MediaDrive Corporation (WinReader). The ExpressReaderPro and WinReader OCR engines operate simultaneously in order to improve the recognition results of characters appearing in ordinary text areas.

InftyReader Group, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IDEAL Group, Inc. IDEAL Group is a technology company focused on developing and using advanced technology in support of enhancing the productivity, quality-of-life, independence, educatability and employability of persons with disabilities. IDEAL Group is a 2002 spin-off from IDEAL at NCR Corporation.see less
President

IDEAL Group, Inc.

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

January 2003 — Present (7 years )

IDEAL Group is a technology company focused on developing and using advanced technology in support of enhancing the productivity, quality-of-life, independence, educatability and employability of persons with disabilities. IDEAL Group is a 2002 spin-off from IDEAL at NCR Corporation. More information may be found on the web at http://ideal-group.org/history
CEO

Online Conferencing Systems Group, Inc.

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

January 2002 — Present (8 years )

Developer and provider of IDEAL Conference, a fully-accessible, 508 Compliant, online conferencing, webinar and distance-learning systems, solutions and support services.

Online Conferencing Systems Group is a subsidiary of IDEAL Group, Inc. IDEAL Group is a technology company focused on developing and using advanced technology in support of enhancing the productivity, quality-of-life, independence, educatability, and employability of persons with disabilities.

IDEAL Group is a privately-held 2002 spin-off from IDEAL at NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR).

Additional Information

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Steve Jacobs’s Groups:

NCR Corporation Alumni
Ohio 100 Linked
Web Accessibility
IMM 2.0 - Intelligent Mobile Marketing (+10000 members) Join now!
Technology Outsourcing– Professionals/ Software Developers/ Freelancers/ Programmers/ Entrepreneurs
Refresh - Promoting design, technology,and usability.
eSSENTIAL Accessibility
K12Tech
Science Math Primary/Secondary Education
Mobile Software Development Group
Google Android
RESNA
Court Reporting & Captioning Group
U.S. GOVERNMENT CONNECTIONS
Android Developer Group (3,000+ and growing!)
Ohio Professionals
Assistive Technology Professionals
Disability Student Services Professionals
Assistive Technology Rocks!
Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference CSUN
MentorNet
Professionals with Disabilities
CSD
1234-508 ADA Accesibility Group
LD OnLine
Breaking the Barriers of Technology
K12 Assistive Technology Professionals
Rehabilitation Technology Professionals
Section 508 Accessibility Professionals
Association of Conference Professionals
"G1 Android" by Google-HTC Users
Professionals in Web Conferencing
Brain-Computer Interface group
HTPC, Home Server and Home Automation Professional Group
Speech, Language and Hearing Professionals
FirstMile.US
The Math Connection
Ebooks for Math and Science
iPhone & Android Applications: Marketing & Outsourcing
Math Accessibility Professionals
Mobile Games and Applications
EBOOKS/Softwares
Motorola Android Developers
Android Accessibility Interest Group