User:Rjames1014/sandbox

After serving in the Navy during Viet Nam and starting James Gang Graphics, Ron began creating multimedia CDROMs out of his San Diego beach bungalow in 1989. He wrote about the fledgling multimedia industry for local and national publications.

Ron wrote The Multimedia Casebook, that was used as a textbook at many universities. It included the first cross-platform hypertext version of the book enhanced with a multimedia CD.

In 1994 he founded and was the editor of the first online magazine to use editorial content outside of the print version. San Diego Magazine’s site used two dozen writers who were essentially the first bloggers. It won one of the first Webbys.

At Time Warner he was the first online editor for its Road Runner service. Road Runner’s award-winning Discover San Diego site, was one of the first showcases for video. He produced one of the first long-form Webcasts using professional talent exclusively for the Web with 22 hours of live programming at Street Scene. He produced TV shows for cable and the web.

As Director of Broadband for The Blue Torch he pioneered streaming video programming including live week-long sports Webcasts on both coasts. He led a small team to Fiji for a championship surfing event streaming live video on a platform three miles offshore of Fiji using a gas generator, and satellite dish.

For nine years he led the pioneering editorial efforts of The San Diego Union-Tribune’s website, SignOnSanDiego.com which has won many local and national honors for excellence and innovation.

He founded and developed the San Diego News Network, a unprecedented network of local media companies positioned to be a major news contender.

He was the founding GM and Editor in Chief for the award-winning San Diego Uptown News.

Ron published the award-winning online magazine, Wine & Dine San Diego which evolved into the next evolution of magazines, Wine Dine & Travel Magazine an international print-on-demand and digital magazine.

Specialties:Online news and information management. Video and audio production and IP streaming. Online community development. Interface design and testing. Contract negotiation and procurement. Online business strategy development. Food and wine journalism.