Jamie Zachary Fox

Summary

Former Google software Engineering Director in new product development at the intersection of Geo/Local, Mobile and Social technologies and cofounder of Niantic Labs at Google. Formerly engineering director for Google's Niantic Labs (makers of Ingress and Fieldtrip), Google Maps and local monetization, Google's launch pipeline, and the Google Search Appliance. Also worked on Google Powermeter and various non-public initiatives. Active with the Google Agile Leadership grouplet and focused on bringing advanced information technologies to users, organizations, Earth, and beyond. Earlier, a consulting professor of software engineering management at Carnegie Mellon University, West Coast campus. Focus on software product and program management. Prior -- Research Fellow at Cal State Monterey Bay in the Information Technology and Communication Design Program; 4 years at HP Labs as manager, Global Collaboration. Earlier: 5 years at Netscape including Sr. Product Manager (AOL/Calendaring) & Technical Manager (ecommerce products), research manager at Apple's Advanced Technology Group (User Experience Lab). Entreprenuer built and sold two companies in media research area. Taught for 10 years at Michigan State. URL: http://sunarcher.org/jamie/ Specialties: Software engineering, program and product management, lean/agile software development, collaboration systems, media, implementing open source software. Communication research. Writing. Public speaking. Education and training. Presentations to executive and international audiences. Professional facilitation especially of technical workshops with senior managers and executives. Active software mentor with First Robotics Team #1678 "Citrus Circuits" in Davis, CA