Jerome Ware:  

Life Education: Attended San Jose State after Leigh, graduated with a degree in Art was one class away from minors in Chemistry, Philosophy, and Math. Been in and out of school and trade programs, technical and professional certificates like Scrum Master and Product Owner. Worked at San Jose Peace Center Counselling people wanting to be a Conscientious Objector or being dealt with prejudice by the military system. Instrumental in removing about a 100,000 men from Selective Service Roles including myself Business: Worked for Santa Clara County Social Services for 6 years, managed Brooks Cameras in Palo Alto, Been in sales and computers ever since: Various Resellers, Montgomery Securities as an IS person (held Series 7 license) Worked for Cheyenne Software acquired by Computer Associates, EMC (one of the drivers behind Internet storage practices) (helped sell 9 million dollar rollout plan with 20 minute presentation, and rescued Electronic Arts as an account by completing installation that had failed 4 times) Worked with a startup NOCPulse acquired by Red Hat. 2001 through 2004 during under unemployment, did several jobs doing mostly consulting to keep bleeding red to a minimum. Closest ever came to homeless (friend let me crash on his couch for 2 years) Sold cars at Toyota Sunnyvale 2004 to 2006. Worked for an integrator Triware Networld Systems (2006-2015) helping small businesses set up efficient technology use. Company name and the fact son of Principle Consultant is named Jerome are pure coincidence. Co-founded Hotspoters which after a year seemed like we were ahead of our time and did not have enough investment to move market as far as needed to survive cash burn. Was unemployed for a year and found it hard for 67 year old to get a job but experience goes a long way in consulting. Currently helping Startups with their presentations including Pitches and help facilitate the Agile practices. Also help with seeing options that are right...Expand for more