Professional, Problem Solver, Manager, Author

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Professional

I have spent most of my career working 30 years with IBM. During that time I was a program, a systems planner and architect, a technical sales consultant, and represented IBM at many user groups in USA, Europe, Asia and South America.

After leaving IBM in 2000, I ran my own international consulting company, worked as a technical writer, was the sales manager for New South Wales and Queensland for an international education company, and have recently retired.

Problem-Solver

Throughout my career, I have been the front line for solving problems. While at IBM, I worked in both product development, solving general problems, and in sales, solving problems specific to each customer. I also designed, developed, wrote, documented, and sold three program products that generated about $250,000 in revenue.

Since IBM, I have been a patent consultant, a sales manager, and an author, each a different format of solving the problems people face in their jobs and in life.

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Manager

For a year, I was the branch manager for an international educational corporation. There I managed a small staff of employees, 30 program leaders, and 150 other volunteers.

Later, I was the state sales manager for a much larger branch of the same corporation, accountable for the training, development, and performance of 130 program leaders and 75 program leaders in-training. While there, the branch was one of the largest and most successful in the world.

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Author

I have always been interested in personal productivity. I have always wanted to get more done that seemed possible.

This year, I finally wrote and published the book I always wanted to write, “Get More Done, In Less Time, With More Fun and Less Worry”.

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Jim is an intelligent, wise, precise and energetic person, a person you can trust when you want to be sure that important tasks will be completed in a systematic and precise way. That’s him – careful and highly organised manager with lots of knowledge in leadership and extremely competent in technical knowledge including Mobile Apps to Web Apps to Marketing to Sales. Is able to work in a fast-paced environment. Jim is always capable of adapting to new working environments. And did I mention, he is energetic 🙂 Milan Kapasi

IT Consultant, Senior Software Engineer, DeakinCo, Melbourne, Australia

Jim is one of those rare, gifted people that I am confident could do anything he set his mind to and contribute his unique skills and brain power in a wide variety of ways to a wide variety of types of businesses. He is both creative and systematic. Both detailed and visionary. Perhaps of most value, he has a way of bringing out the best in others, which when teamed with his best, can produce extraordinary results. He has a particular savvy at recognizing valuable intellectual property of both individuals and companies, and helping them to develop those ideas to deliver business results.

Besides those unusual skills, Jim makes work fun, inspiring and full of life and energy. People are at their best when they are passionate about what they do and feel like they are making a difference….Jim is not only committed to doing that himself, but makes sure everyone around him has a profound experience of the same.

That’s the kind of person that you want on ANY team …. no matter what sort of company. Let Jim make a difference for your company….and you……your life will never be the same.

Mary Beth Kelley

Program Director, IBM, Austin, Texas USA

Jim Vincent is indeed a very special individual . His wealth of knowledge is unsurpassed by anyone I have met in business. There is no problem he cannot solve, there is no technology he cannot understand, there is no organisation that he cannot help.
I would highly recommend Jim as both a person and as a technology thought leader.

Nick Antonopoulos

Director of Drake Solutions, Drake International

I worked around Jim for six months. And when I say ‘around’, I mean that Jim was at the centre of all things problem-solving, in regards to internal systems development or for the benefit of external clients. There’s really no challenge that Jim can’t calmly and efficiently address, through the use of his beautiful mathematical mind and an empathy for the needs of others.

And Jim’s office presence is extremely positive; you just get the vibe that no matter what challenges are occurring, Jim’s ‘got this’. Oh, and for comic relief, ask Jim—he also provides when its needed. It’s a true sign of a bloke who loves his fields of specialty and savours any opportunity to exercise those skills.

Neil Boland

Copywriter & Marketer, Allfasteners & SafeSmart Access, Melbourne, Australia

The level of intellect and dedication Jim applies to all aspects of work is immeasurable. If humans have an ON or OFF switch, Jim’s is constantly ON. I have witnessed him work on the most complex of analytical tasks immanagable and he still manages to have fun, laugh and show genuine ethusiasam for what he does and the people he works with.

He gives testiment to the fact people can work hard and have fun at the same time. This makes him a insperarational assest in any leadership or team role. Look forward to working with Jim again someday.

Biljana Stephens

Business Development and Account Manager, Belong Digital, Melbourne Australia

Jim VIncent is a thorough Genius and has a great analytical and solution skills. He is a master of multiple fields and can contribute to many departments in the organisation. During my tenure at Exa Digital solutions I saw Jim bringing a wealth of information and critical decision making to the company. I would recommend jim to any good company that can use a multi talented and resourceful person. Rupesh Nichani

Senior Systems Administrator, Exa Web Solutions

Jim has very good programming skills and very passionate about programming, very intellectual person and keeps himself up to date in his field. one good thing about him in Exa was he was always there to answer questions. Harmeet Arora

Web Development Manager, Exa Web Solutions

Jim is the first person I met where I truly started to belive age is just a number.
His energy is so positive that he can transform any quite mountain into the volcano 🙂 And I am the live example, he took my inner skills out and helped create impossibles.

His experience is worth millions. One thing I am jealous about Jim is his Microsoft excel skills, he is best in it. His sales strategies and related example giving nature is amazing.
The best communicator Mr.Jim Vincent has seat catching dialogue delivery skills which attracts you to listen to him and evolve yourself to take the next step and BE IN ACTION.

Love to work with him forever, if given a chance.

Leena Savla

Business Development Manager, Freelance, Mumbai India

It gives me immense pleasure and I further consider this as an honor to write few words for this awesome professional and super-intelligent being – Jim! Jim has got an idea for almost EVERYTHING. He is more like a “Jack of all trades, Master of a ton” , his innate quality to provide quick training and also, his sense of using Social Media (Twitter mainly) for utmost usefulness flabbergasts me.
I am glad that I got a superior and amazing person like you to train me for Marketing jobs here. I could not be more lucky. Thank you!

Vinita Mundra

Communications Lead, HP, Bengaluru Area, India

Patents

Patent 1

Method of scheduling meetings

 

US5197000A

 

An improved method of scheduling a meeting among terminal users who are provided with calendaring applications for storing and retrieving timed and dated events. A prompting screen is presented to a meeting scheduler with blanks for keying in desired times, dates, and prospective attendees for a meeting. In response to the schedulers keying to this screen, a comparison is made with the calendar of events for each prospective attendee. As a result of the nonavailability of a meeting time which complies with the desired times, dates and attendees, these factors are automatically altered or “relaxed” in order to achieve an acceptable meeting time. An option list of meeting times is then presented to the scheduler for selection of a meeting time. Based upon the selection of the scheduler, a meeting notification screen is then constructed for transmittal to each attendee.
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Patent 2

Annotated calendar assembly

A method of assembling, for display, a monthly calendar annotated with exterior current day narrative notes and embedded abbreviated notes. Notes related to a specific day can be prepared on a time independent basis by calling, and keying to, a day screen for the specific day. In addition, keying is used to distinguish between normal and special notes which are to be later displayed in abbreviated and narrative forms, respectively. Upon the occurrence of the specific day and the calling of a calendar screen, the notes are displayed along with an updated calendar. Special notes appear as narrative footnotes and normal notes appear in abbreviated form with the day indications. In the absence of further day screen calling and keying, the footnotes change on a daily basis, while the abbreviated notes remain fixed.
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Patent 3

Meeting scheduler with alternative listing

An improved method of scheduling a meeting among terminal users who are provided with calendaring applications for storing and retrieving times and dated events. A prompting screen is presented to a meeting scheduler with blanks for keying in desired times, dates, and prospective attendees for a meeting. In response to the schedulers keying to this screen, a comparison is made with the calendar of events for each prospective attendee. As a result of the nonavailability of a meeting time which complies with the desired times, dates and attendees, certain of these factors are automatically altered or “relaxed” in order to achieve an acceptable meeting time. An option list of meeting times is then presented to the scheduler for selection of a meeting time. Based upon the selection of the scheduler, a meeting notification screen is then constructed for transmittal to each attendee.
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Patent 4

Method for providing information security protocols to an electronic calendar

A method of controlling the unauthorized disclosure of classified data that is used to describe an event that has been calendared in an electronic calendaring application of an interactive information handling system in which the calendar owner assigns a security classification to an event as it is being calendared. The classification assigned is pre-established by an information security protocol that is either unique to the calendar function or a more comprehensive information security system for the organization. The security classes are pre-established by the system. When the calendar data is presented in a format that allows event descriptions to be readable such as when a day calendar is viewable on the display terminal or in a printed copy, an overall security lable is displayed and printed out when the display is converted to hard copy. The period covered by the security label generally corresponds to the period that is selected for viewing. The security classification displayed is the highest security class of any of the event descriptions that are displayed. Data structures are established for each calendar entry which store the data in the system. These data structures are scanned to determine the overall classification that is displayed for the day calendar. Since a readable security classification label is automatically applied, regardless of whether the calendar presentation is on the display screen or in hard copy, all of the requirements of the established information security system are met and the electronic calendaring application need not be treated as an exception to the information security system. The method allows each calendar user on the system that has an assigned permission level to view classified event descriptions at or below his or her assigned security level with a security label automatically displayed or printed.
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Patent 5

Calendar event description abbreviation

A method of building a monthly calendar screen having abbreviated event descriptions directly translated from event descriptions on day screens. Day screens are built from keyed in dates, times, and descriptions of events related to the dates and times. Monthly screens are built by combining and abbreviating corresponding day screens. Keying and coding during day screen building, and processing steps during monthly screen building are reduced by positionally locating the first characters of day screen event descriptions, time-wise, within the monthly screens.

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