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Jacob Shea
Digital Architect / Strategist
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Who
With more than 15 years of Technology Development and Digital Strategy, Jacob has become of one the leaders in driving brands forward online while keeping them aware of what’s around the next corner in the Digital landscape.
As a staff programmer for Dell Computers at 19, while attending University of Texas in Computer Engineering, Jacob provided development and software architecture for Dell.com sites, intranet portals and custom tools within the company. The Dell.com store was the largest eComm site in the world at that time, giving him true enterprise experience early in his career.
Leaving Dell three years later, Jacob started a consulting agency years in Austin, serving technology companies Dell Computers and Intel with software architecture, development staffing management, platform implementation and online strategy for internal groups like Sales, HR, Finance, Product Groups and IT. After seven years of consulting in Austin, one of his clients offered him an opportunity he couldn’t say no to.
Moving to San Diego, Jacob served as a founding partner, EVP and General Manager for 5 years at JHG, an Interactive Agency in San Diego. He managed all production teams, which included development, creative, strategy and analytics. Company growth throughout those 5 years grew to 45 smart driven employees serving clients like Yahoo! Sports, Comcast, Rogers Communication, QUALCOMM, FLO TV, JVC Mobile, Volcom and others brands in the Consumer and Sport industry. In 2010 JHG was acquired by Goble agency from Chicago, to serve as their Digital production arm for all their clients.
Jacob left JHG/Goble later Summer of 2010 to once again go back into consulting, and continues to create partnerships and help brands push forward in the Technology, Mobile and Digital Marketing fields. His current client base includes Pixar, PayPal, QUALCOMM and Fanvision. He travels between NY, SF, Austin and SD, reach out to him.
Why Boss?
Today Jacob and his partners advise clients on digital strategy and execution and, with their extended network of partners and agencies, are able to reach out to the best resources to get the job done, thus putting the best "Digital Boss" within a project.
Clients
Current Clients: Pixar, FanVision, PayPal, GraphPad and Qualcomm.....
Clients worked with: Dell Computers, Disney, ESPN, Yahoo! Sports, Comcast, Rogers Communication, FLO TV, JVC Mobile, NFL, Volcom, and Electra Bikes
