Greg Jones

A nationally award winning visionary, self-motivated, hands-on experienced results-driven leader of all aspects of Information Technology Services credited with shaping team performance to deliver leading software applications and IT departments. Skillfully build relationships among clients, investors, and cross-functional teams. Highly technical and noted leader of community IT groups in the North Carolina Triangle area. 15 years experience including Biotech, Finance, State & Federal Government, E-Commerce and Manufacturing. 

Profile

Greg Jones
Computer Software | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area, US

Summary

Visionary, self-motivated, hands-on experienced results-driven leader of all aspects of Information Technology Services credited with shaping team performance to deliver leading software applications and IT departments. Skillfully build relationships among clients, investors, and cross-functional teams. Highly technical and noted leader of community IT groups in the North Carolina Triangle area. 15 years experience including Biotech, Finance, State & Federal Government, E-Commerce and Manufacturing.

- Chief Enterprise Architect
- IT Director
- Senior SOA Architect
- Hockey Fan

Experience

  • Aug 2005 - Present
    Chief Technology Officer - Crime Control & Public Safety / State of North Carolina
    Enterprise Strategic Change Agent – Transitioned Department from five independently focused, operations heavy, IT sections into three synergistic teams focused on a common IT Strategic Plan. Introduced the concept of enterprise services to the Department; created strategic plan, architected the technical direction and lead the deployment of enterprise focused product delivery and support saving $1M in operational costs. Winner of the 2009 Microsoft Customer Excellence Award for excellence in Public Sector Industry Leadership.

    A national award winning technical athlete. Defined, architected and lead enterprise product development for the Department. Worked with small development teams (1 – 5 per team) to quickly get products into production based on an agile approach. Designed and managed teams utilizing Department approved common UX components and approaches. Lead or reviewed all project designs and participate in some projects as a designer, developer, tester, or trainer to quickly fill any immediate personnel gaps to expedite product deployment. Researched new technology to determine their potential implementation in the next business need. Approved all projects budgeted over $.5M including the oversight of statewide private law enforcement data/radio system ($250M budgeted). Represented the Department as the technical expert for external technical meetings, conferences and interviews.
  • May 2004 - Aug 2005
    Software Analyst / Compuware
  • Oct 2003 - Oct 2004
    GIS Architect and Project Manager / Ajilon Consulting
  • Jan 2003 - Oct 2003
    Senior Developer and Extreme Programming Coach / GlaxoSmithKline, Research
  • 2000 - 2003
    Sr. Analyst / Ajilon
  • May 2000 - Jan 2003
    IT Manager, Software Architect, Project Team Lead Manager / Program Team Lead / WorldCom
  • Nov 1999 - May 2000
    Senior Software and Database Designer / Wavetek Wandel Goltermann
  • Jan 1998 - Nov 1999
    Lead Application Architect / United States Postal Service
  • May 1995 - Dec 1997
    Plant Systems Integration Coordinator / Kellogg USA Inc
  • Jan 1987 - Jan 1992
    Missile Technician Third Class / US Navy

Education

  • 1993 - 1997
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Additional Information

Interests:
Enterprise Architecture, SOA, Tennis, Golf, video games
My LinkedIn

Posts

February 22, 01:01 PM
Titanium Studio

IDE that seems to be able to develop Android, IPhone, Rails, PHP and native desktop apps

https://wiki.appcelerator.org/display/guides/Videos


February 17, 01:03 PM
Achievements are not for XBOX any more

There is now an achievements plugin for Visual Studio.  See if you can create a class that has 10 inheritances: http://channel9.msdn.com/achievements/visualstudio


December 08, 11:56 AM
CRM Form Collapsible Sections

//Add collapsible functionality to sections.
/*********************************************************************/

function attachCollapsableToSections() {
    var sections = getElementsByCondition(function(elm)
    { if (elm.className.indexOf("ms-crm-Form-Section") != -1) return true; }, null);
    for (var i = 0; i < sections.length; i++) {
        sections[i].innerHTML = ‘<img  alt="Expanded, click to collapse" src="/_imgs/navup.gif" style="cursor:hand;"/>’ + sections[i].innerHTML; sections[i].childNodes[0].attachEvent(‘onclick’, toggleVisibility);
    }
}
function attachCollapsableToSections() {
    var sections = getElementsByCondition(function (elm) { if (elm.className.indexOf("ms-crm-Form-Section") != -1) return true; }, null);

    for (var i = 0; i < sections.length; i++) {

        sections[i].innerHTML = ‘<img  alt="Expanded, click to collapse" src="/_imgs/navup.gif" style="cursor:hand;"/>’ + sections[i].innerHTML;
        sections[i].childNodes[0].attachEvent(‘onclick’, toggleVisibility);
    }

}

function toggleVisibility(e) {
    var sectionContainer = e.srcElement.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode;

    var elements = getElementsByCondition(function (elm) { if (elm.vAlign == "top") return true; }, sectionContainer);

    for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
        if (elements[i].style.display == "none") {
            elements[i].style.display = "";           
            e.srcElement.src = e.srcElement.src.replace("navdown", "navup");
        }
        else {
            elements[i].style.display = "none";           
            e.srcElement.src = e.srcElement.src.replace("navup", "navdown");
        }
    }
}

function getElementsByCondition(condition, container) {
    container = container || document;
    var all = container.all || container.getElementsByTagName(‘*’);
    var arr = [];
    for (var k = 0; k < all.length; k++) {
        var elm = all[k];
        if (condition(elm, k))
            arr[arr.length] = elm;
    }
    return arr;
}
/*********************************************************************/


October 22, 10:24 AM
Is an app just HTML 5?

I created an HTML 5 based CMS app:

http://m.wix.com/gregjonescto/icandothat

Is this the best way to build enterprise based apps – HTML 5? 

I don’t see why not.


October 19, 09:47 PM
Greg Jones

This is your new Flavors.me page.

via Greg Jones.


October 16, 08:42 PM
Thinking about how IT will work in the near future

OS

  • Windows 8
    • Metro Look
    • Touch
    • Blend Apps with other apps
  • OS X Lion

Cloud

  • Private Clouds
    • HyperV, VMWare
  • Public Clouds
    • Amazon

App Solutions

App Development

  • Social vs Crowdware
  • Mobile vs HTML 5

Processes

  • BCP & Strategic Planning => Enterprise Architecture

Other

  • BYOT (Bring Your Own Tech.. to the office)

August 15, 08:22 AM
ITIL Service Catalog

I found a great example of communicating an ITIL Service Catalog from Purdue University.

http://www.itap.purdue.edu/service/catalog/about.cfm


August 02, 09:40 AM
Dynamics GP Tables

Great link to all the GP Tables

http://victoriayudin.com/gp-tables/


August 01, 04:24 PM
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Development Resources
July 27, 03:24 PM
Disable an entire CRM Form

Used to disable an entire form after a certain status has occurred:

for (var index = 0; index < crmForm.all.length; index++)
{
    if(crmForm.all[index].Disabled != null)
    {
        crmForm.all[index].Disabled = true;
    }
}


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