Bob Jacobson

Angestellt, Senior Consultant, Futurist & Strategic Planner, Gemba Innovation A/S

Tucson, Vereinigte Staaten

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Knowledge and networked connections with leading p

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Bob Jacobson

  • Bis heute 16 Jahre und 3 Monate, seit Jan. 2008

    Senior Consultant, Futurist & Strategic Planner

    Gemba Innovation A/S

    Gemba Innovation is a leading innovation consultancy located in Vedbæk, DK. One of our projects is DESINOVA (http://desinova.dk/), a longitudinal study of innovation, design, and customer co-creation sponsored by the Danish Development Agency (EBST) and the Danish Chamber of Commerce (Dansk Erhverv). I currently work for Gemba remotely, from Tucson, Arizona, but will be returning to DK in the autumn, 2008.

  • Bis heute 17 Jahre und 3 Monate, seit Jan. 2007

    Core Team Member (Communications and Technology)

    BH&L Group

    The BH&L Group is working to create a Global Solutions Pavilion for the Shanghai 2010 World Expo. We're waiting for politics to settle in the US first.

  • Bis heute 20 Jahre und 8 Monate, seit Aug. 2003

    Principal

    Bluefire Consulting

    As a private consultant, I advise executive and senior management on future strategic trends and provide business wayfinding services.

  • 1 Jahr und 11 Monate, Juli 2001 - Mai 2003

    Co-Founder and CEO

    ModViz, Inc.

    ModViz was sold to Nvidia in 2008.

  • 1 Jahr, Juli 2000 - Juni 2001

    Commercialization Business Consultant

    SRI Consulting

    Advised on GeoWeb project to make data on the Internet accessible via geospatial coordinates.

  • 1 Jahr und 4 Monate, März 1999 - Juni 2000

    Director of Community

    Futurize Now

    Developed cutting edge co-creation methods based on online communities of interest.

  • 1 Jahr und 4 Monate, März 1999 - Juni 2000

    Director of Community

    Futurize Now

    Developed cutting edge co-creation methods based on online communities of interest.

  • 1 Jahr, März 1998 - Feb. 1999

    Director/Interim VP E-Commerce and Marketing

    Ibis Consulting, AnswerThink, iXL

    Various full-time contract positions.

  • 1 Jahr und 4 Monate, Nov. 1996 - Feb. 1998

    Futurist and Senior Consultant

    SRI Consulting

  • 4 Jahre und 7 Monate, März 1992 - Sep. 1996

    Founder and CEO

    Worldesign Inc.

    Pioneering virtual worlds industrial design studio and system developer.

  • 2 Jahre und 6 Monate, Sep. 1989 - Feb. 1992

    Co-Founder and Associate Director

    Human Interface Technology Laboratory, Washington Technology Center

  • 8 Jahre, Sep. 1981 - Aug. 1989

    Principal Consultant, Utilities & Commerce Committee

    California Legislature, State Assembly

    Managed and passed into law telecommunications and information policy legislation governing phones, cable TV, information access and privacy, ecommerce, etc. Also had responsibility for legislative oversight of maritime commerce (ports, etc.).

  • 4 Jahre und 3 Monate, März 1970 - Mai 1974

    Associate Creative Director, Copywriter

    Marsteller Inc., Stern Walters Simmons, Hal Lawrence Inc

    Various positions with leading advertising agencies in Los Angeles

Ausbildung von Bob Jacobson

  • 11 Monate, Sep. 1980 - Juli 1981

    Fulbright Scholar

    Roskilde Universitetscenter, Denmark

    Telecommunications and regional development: effects of cellular telephone on transborder communities in the Nordic Arctic Circle.

  • 10 Jahre und 6 Monate, März 1977 - Aug. 1987

    Regional Development and Technology

    UCLA Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Planning

    Information environments, environmental psychology; thesis, "An 'Open Approach' to Information Policymaking" (published by Ablex in 1987).

  • 1 Jahr und 5 Monate, Sep. 1975 - Jan. 1977

    Communications Industry Management

    USC Annenberg School of Communications

  • 1 Jahr und 10 Monate, Sep. 1974 - Juni 1976

    Television Studies

    UCLA Dept. of Motion Pictures and TV

    First portable video documentaries; thesis, "Municipal Control of Cable Communications" (published by Praeger in 1977)

  • 4 Jahre und 4 Monate, Sep. 1966 - Dez. 1970

    Sociology

    UCLA Dept. of Sociology

    Mass communications

Sprachen

  • Englisch

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Interessen

Travel
bodysurfing
all things Scandinavian

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