John Dehlin

(435) 881-4419
email: johndehlin (@) gmail.com

2754 N. 920 E.
N. Logan, UT 84341

SUMMARY

Energetic senior software professional with passion for customer service and solid instincts for delivering the right product at the right time. Broad range of successful experience, including: strategic management consulting, CxO-level business management and speech writing, Fortune 500 technical sales & marketing, consortium experience at both corporate and higher education levels, and 4GL client/server programming. Direct experience in the successful implementation of Web 2.0 technologies. Strong passion for education.

EXPERIENCE

Present

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

OpenCourseWare Consortium Director

The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a network of over 100 universities and non-profits worldwide, working to promote the open sharing of university course materials via the Internet. As Consortium Director, my responsibilities include:

 

2004 - 2006

Center for Open and Sustainable Learning

Logan, UT

Funded by the Hewlett Foundation and the NSF, COSL seeks to promote the open sharing of educational resources on the Internet through projects like OpenCourseWare via a $1M+ annual education grant.

Director of Outreach

 

1998-2004

Microsoft Corporation

Redmond, WA

Business Manager to Vice President of the Developer Division (S. Somasegar)

 

Speech Writer to Group Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Services (Orlando Ayala)

 

Technical Evangelist for Speech Recognition Technologies (Kai-Fu Lee)

 

Director of DemosRUs Team (Director over a 25 person organization)


1996-1998

Technology Consultant

Chicago, IL and
Salt Lake City, UT

Provided Visual Basic, SQL Server, and Visual Basic for Applications consulting to Fortune 500 customers.

Developer

 

1995-1996

Arthur Andersen

Chicago, IL

Arthur Andersen (now defunct) was the #1 tax and audit firm in the world.

Associate Consultant

 

1994-1995

Bain & Company

Dallas, TX

Bain provides strategic management consulting to Fortune 500 companies.

Associate Consultant

 

SKILLS, TECHNOLOGIES & PROJECTS

EDUCATION & INTERESTS

References available upon request.