Jamie Z Fox
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Occupation | Software Engineering Management |
| Location | Lahaina, Maui Hawaii, Silicon Valley, United States |
| Introduction | Previously Engineering Director at Google, cofounder of Niantic Labs, former manger of Google Maps, and related projects. Advocate for lean principles and agile software development practices. Interests in software services, open source, mobile, organizational patterns, collaboration, HTML5, professional facilitation. I treasure this opportunity of working with brilliant and creative people, focusing on making the world a better place through information, while advancing the professional practice of how organizations can effectively create software of value for users. (The remarks herein are personal, not necessarily my employer's.) Formerly manager at Apple's Advanced Technology Group, Netscape, and Hewlett Packard Labs. Built two software startups, and managed numerous software and research projects at Michigan State and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. What a wild ride! |
| Interests | playing music and writing, software and services, web2.0+, whippets, cycling, photography, energy, plate tectonics, public speaking, collaboration |
| Favorite music | original movie scores:, Hans Zimmer, Jerry Goldsmith, Dimitri Tchamouroff, Danny Elfman, David Arnold, Alan Ett, A few favorite guitarists: Joaquin Lievano, Santana, David Gilmour, Lee Ritenour, Daryl Stuermer, Larry Carlton |
| Favorite books | Social Construction of Reality, I-Ching, Noah's Flood, Lean Software Development, Organizational Patterns of Agile Software Development, Lean Software Strategies, Noah's Flood, zillions others |