jeremy beasley
Startup newb, recovering tech early adopter, former corporate drone. Obsessed with cities, culture, language and space (interior, exterior) and capturing it via photography.
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- Director of Business Development at OpenBuildingsInternet | Greater Seattle Area, USSummaryEngineer turned MBA with a heart for design and all things urban (architecture, transportation, etc.) Experience includes a blend of research (qualitative/quantitative), product planning, marketing and hardware engineering.
Competencies include: framing and investigating complex problems visually, conducting rigorous qualitative and quantitative analysis to explore and validate strategy, synthesizing and communicating insights coherently and collaborating with multi-disciplinary team to execute on insights.
Eager to get hands dirty and create, work with smaller multi-disciplinary teams and collaborate with other T-shaped people.Specialties: product planning, consumer research, market analysis, data analysis, global strategy, mobile devices, mobile technology, mobile search, product positioning, quantitative research, qualitative research, data communicationsExperience- Jul 2011 - PresentDirector of Customer Development / OpenBuildings
- Jul 2008 - Aug 2011Product Planner, Bing Mobile / MicrosoftResponsible for framing product vision, defining requirements and executing roadmap via consumer research, market analysis and business management:
Execution of consumer research (primary/secondary, qual/quant methods) and market opportunity analysis (competitive and tech trends). Insights used to inform strategy and product recommendations.
Collaboration with UX design team to prototype and test concepts on future visions of mobile search.
Business planning and management through through driver analysis, KPI scorecards, weekly/monthly business reviews, quarterly forecasts, long-range planning and annual budgeting. - May 2007 - Aug 2007Business Analyst Intern / GoogleCollaborated with cross-functional teams to create marketing communications strategy for ad agencies.
Developed lead generation case study on effectiveness of integrated marketing across Google ad products to be distributed to current and potential clients. - Feb 2007 - May 2007Brand Consultant / Computer Sciences CorporationLed peer group of MBAs to assess brand health of Fortune 200 consulting firm and propose marketing initiatives to increase awareness and perception to generate more client leads.
Conducted market research across client segments to identify primary drivers of consulting services purchase decision.
Developed framework to facilitate brainstorming of initiatives which led to 9 campaigns proposals with varying durations to address short- and long-term business challenges.
Presented final marketing plan to SVP of Marketing resulting in implementation of 6 out of 9 campaigns. - Nov 2006 - Apr 2007Strategic Market Analyst / ADV FilmsAnalyzed domestic (US) and global consumer trends and market dynamics for #1 producer-distributor of Japanese animation outside of Japan.
Created market (external) and internal segmentations to improve marketing efficiency and conduct feasibility analysis of new digital distribution channel. - Nov 2003 - May 2006Research Analyst / Technology for AllAs part of undergrad thesis, collaborated with team of Rice PhDs and local Houston technology non-profit to design and implement proof of concept for a large-scale multi-hop (mesh) wireless network to provide basic Internet service to low-income neighborhood.
Successful execution led to one of nation’s first large-scale municipal wireless and regulatory approval from Houston City Council. - May 2004 - Aug 2004Hardware Engineer, Wireless Group / Apple Computer, Inc.Designed Bluetooth and 802.11a/b/g stack improvements across Apple product portfolio (desktop and portable).
Drove performance testing and aided in usability studies and launch of AirPort Express.
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2006 - 2008Jones Graduate School of Business
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2002 - 2006Rice University
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Interests:statistics, data visualization, strategy, user research, consumer behavior, culture diffusion, consumer electronics, photography, languages, interior design
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“Let’s make room for the good stuff.” via TED
Articulation of the lifestyle deflation I’ve worked for the past half year.
At the office too early and stuck outside. Startups don’t open until after 10. Doh! (Taken with Instagram at Despark)
Ji Lee. This reminds me of my first typography assignment I had in college except mine wasn’t nearly as clever as this.
Mentor? Frida learned how to channel her suffering into her artwork. I’m going through some trials (this sh*t cray) and wondering if I can do the same.
- 30 Days of Good: Financial Fitness (Days 1 - 14)
Recently, I’ve been feeling the Good 30-Day Challenges as:
- I love challenges (who doesn’t),
- there are time-bound (30 days), and
- they usually deal with topics that are relevant for me (finances, photography!, …)
Their most recent challenge for January is Getting Financially Fit aka “Gotta Get My Money Right” (thank ‘Ye). I’m already trying to get my money with right with Dave Ramsey’s The Total Money Makeover so I decided to jump on the GOOD 30D challenge for extra encouragement.
Rather than post every day of the challenge, I decided to post weekly and highlighting the daily tasks from the week. Below, I’ve pulled together my thoughts on the first two weeks covering Days 1 - 14 (I missed the first week).
Task 3: Set Up Online Banking - How did we survive before this? I couldn’t imagine going into the bank or calling a customer service rep every time I wanted to access my acount information.
Task 4: Set Up Automatic Bill Pay. This was an interesting one because a few personal finance “experts” (cough, “bloggers”) debate on how much you should automate. Some say automate as much as you can so you pay your bills before you even touch your money. Others say you shouldn’t stop automating everything so you’re conscious of what you’re spending (you feel the pain every time you fork over $100 to ATT for your precious iPhone).
I’m in the middle. I automate as much as possible so I won’t miss due dates and get hit with fees. I complement that with a regular financial review so I look at how much I’m actually spending each week.
Task 5: Create a Mint Account. Mint is painless to set up. Do it. Now. I’ve been on it since my college days and once again, I don’t know how people survived before this. The words “balancing my checkbook” will never enter my vocabulary.
Task 7: Get Your Paperwork in Order. I use Evernote to manage all of my paperwork. No more loose-paper to keep track over. No clunky fill cabinets. No manilla folders. No más.
Task 9: Calculate the Cost of Your Commute. This would could serve as a full 30D challenge by itself. I recently attempted a ZipCar experiment last fall and had great success with commuting exclusively with public transits and my Chucks with the ocassional use of a ZipCar for errands. Either way, take a look at your commute and see if there are ways you can cut back. Save money, save the planet. End rant.
Task 12: Make a Plan to Pay Off Your Debt. This is another task that could be worth an entire series on. Fortunately, there are many people and bloggers who write extensively on managing debt. Your personal finance fitness theology will dictate how aggressively you manage yours. My new religion is to pay it off ASAP so I’ve set a goal to be debt free by the end of the 2012.
That is all for now. I’ll post again in a few weeks to wrap up the challenge.
(All images are from the GOOD blog. They are dope!)
I just completed the Speed Boost Course on Lumosity. Kind of cheesy but I love training. I start everyday with a brain training course and I can feel the difference. :) Might be placebo effect but I love it still the same.
Now on to the Flexibility Boost Course.
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
Camille Pissarro
French Impressionist Painter (via must-be-the-monet)dps weekly challenge - color: yellow. a dunny (Japanese toy) that I use to keep the blinds cord from dragging on the floor. (Taken with instagram)
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy New Year! and 2011 in review (part one) at Shanghai Street Stories
Bye, bye Moleskin. Hello, Evernote.
After completing a “no car” experiment last year, I’m starting to enjoy shaking up life a little in an effort to simplify things more. Given my focus in 2012 of “creating more, consuming less,” I thought it’d be appropriate to experiment with simplifying the number tools I use to create.
At the top of this list are the tools I use to jot down my thoughts…moleskines, post-its, Evernote, mind maps, etc. I can jot down notes on anything. Unfortunately, that means my thoughts are everywhere in every format imaginable. The freedom allows me to capture every fleeting thought but the lack of constraints are killing me.
Specifically, it’s killing me because I eventually spend time “digitizing” the notes eventually or I never reference them again which makes me question why I jotted it down in the first place.
So to start the year, I’m going to experiment with going completely digital (or as much as possible), e.g. no more, moleskines, or stickies.
I”ll try this out for the rest of the month and will return to summarize how the results.
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- @FreeSofiaTour looking forward to the walking tour this weekend!Jan 27, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Join me at the upcoming Code Year Worldwide Meetup Day! http://t.co/nPNYzQGu #codeyear
- "Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it" On Criticism, Cynicism & Sharpening Your Gut http://t.co/cDuFAw0t @the99percent #fb #in
- @erickimphoto It's a band aid but it's better than nothing. "Storify" is another product trying to create context out of the one-off posts.
- @erickimphoto the idea is simply to improve the interface in the products so understanding context is easy. Flickr has variety of layouts...
- "Have nothing in your house you don't know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." Living inspiration on @AptTherapy http://t.co/LYdiUmEQ
- Planning a year-long project after reading "How to Start Your Own #Street #Photography Project" from @erickimphoto http://t.co/iYCVmfo6
- Yo @OmniFocus, @HarvardBiz says To-Do Lists Don't Work. What say you? #productivity http://t.co/lMSCupBo
- @jmckrieth word. you still in LA? i'll probably be coming down in a few months.
- At the office too early and stuck outside. Startups don't open until after 10. Doh! @ Despark http://t.co/mAjwn1VR
- @jmckrieth what's good with out lakers?! umm....nothing.
- @jmckrieth hustlin, just like u! left corp america for smaller co. in europe and i haven't looked back. love the freedom. what's good w/ u?
- Gents, step up your watch game. How to build a basic watch collection – The four styles via @dappered http://t.co/pa2jlW1Z
- Increase chance of #startup success by developing skill set. Looking forward to series by @swombat http://t.co/iuGA7AWn #entrepreneur #in
- Amazing photos of Lunar New Year celebration around the world from @big_picture. #photography #lunarnewyear #fb http://t.co/5Yejry0yJan 23, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Fellow photographers, looking to improve and have fun? Join the Weekly #Photography Challenge: Patterns from @digitalps http://t.co/8wdbzSxs
- @ipontCA awesome. Can't wait.
- When I was your age, I had to walk through the snow just to get to...the boxing gym. #makei @ Cappy's Boxing Gym http://t.co/ndq2hgcx
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