The author of worldwide best sellers “The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation” and “Leading Apple with Steve Jobs”, for over 35 years, Jay Elliot has practiced his own leadership in the technology, entertainment and health care industries. In his books Jay shares with us his first-hand experiences as Apple’s Sr. Vice President of Operations where he worked side-by-side with Steve Jobs on a daily basis. His experience as an executive at both IBM and Intel helped him to recognize how Steve Jobs’ extraordinary leadership propelled Apple Computer to become the most valued brand on earth.
Currently, Mr. Elliot is the Chairman, Founder of Nuvel, Inc., a software company. He was the Founder and Chairman of Migo Software, Inc. a mobility software company, and inventor of its flagship product, Migo. Mr. Elliot has more than 30 year’s operations’ experience with such corporate giants as IBM, Intel and Apple Computer.
He served as the Senior Vice President of Apple Computer responsible for all corporate operations, including HR, Facilities, Real Estate, IT and corporate business planning reporting directly to Steve Jobs, Chairman of the Board, CEO. Also as a member of the Macintosh organization he helped Steve develop the Macintosh computer from development to introduction. During his tenure at Apple sales grew from $150 million to more than $3 billion.
After graduating from college, Mr. Elliot joined IBM as a programmer working on the airline reservation system and moved into management in several key software projects in the Disk drive development business. Elliot left IBM to join Intel and at Intel was the director of the California operations reporting to Intel’s CEO, Andy Grove and Chairman, Gordon Moore.
In addition to his vast technology background, Elliot has extensive experience in both the entertainment and healthcare industries. While at Apple he created Apple TV and internal employee TV communication system. He served as the chief executive officer of San Francisco Studios, where he produced the Academy Award nominated documentary, “Berkeley in the Sixties,” and the NBC television series, “Midnight Caller.”
In the healthcare industry, Elliot was the chief executive officer of New Health Systems, a network technology group connecting physicians and payers to patients and affiliated hospitals. As part of the New Health plan, Mr. Elliot spent one year with the UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Computer Science Department helping to develop a software system for the operation of Tele-medical centers. It was while working with UCLA that Mr. Elliot came up with the idea for Migo.
SPEECHES:What if Steve Jobs Managed your Company?
The speech shares the management principles used by legendary Apple innovator Steve Jobs. Elliot talks about why he wrote the book, how Jobs led Apple to such success and how he’d change other companies.
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For over 35 years, Jay Elliot has practiced his own leadership in the technology, entertainment and health care industries. In his book The Steve Jobs Way, Jay shares with us his first-hand experiences as Apple’s Sr. Vice President of Operations where he worked side-by-side with Steve Jobs on a daily basis. His experience as an executive at both IBM and Intel helped him to recognize how Steve Jobs’ extraordinary leadership propelled Apple Computer to become the most valued brand on earth.
Steve Jobs charged Jay Elliot with the responsibility for running the operations at Apple. That tenure lasted from 1980 to 1986, during which time he was responsible for all corporate operations, including Human Resources, Facilities, Real Estate, IT, Education and Pacific Rim Sales. He was also responsible for Apple’s Corporate Business Planning and was a member of the Macintosh organization. During these years, Apple sales grew from $150 million to more than $3 billion.
Prior to his time at Apple, he served as a Site Director at IBM and headed a 16,000-person software division; overseeing several key projects in the disc drive development business. Mr. Elliot left IBM to join Intel where also served as a Site Director and was the creator of the Intel Foundation (reporting to CEO, Andy Grove and chairman, Gordon Moore).
After leaving Apple Mr. Elliot served as the CEO of San Francisco Studios where he produced the Academy Award-nominated documentary, “Berkeley in the Sixties;” as well as the NBC television series, “Midnight Caller” and numerous sports programs for NBC, CBS, and ABC, including the Barcelona Olympic Games. Later, he served as President of Acclaim West, producing programs for Fox, UPN, the Playboy Channel and Telemundo. Before returning to the technology/software industry, he also served as the Chief Executive Officer of New Health Systems, a network technology company connecting physicians and vendors to patients and affiliated hospitals.
Jay Elliot returned to his technology roots when he founded and served as Chairman of Migo Software, Inc. a mobility software company, where he invented its flagship product, Migo.
He is currently the Founder and CEO of Nuvel, Inc. based out of Campbell, CA. Nuvel offers the emergency smart phone applications vSOS and vSOS Medi-Vac Plus; and is introducing Data Tunnel, allowing accelerated data transfer, and NuVault, a virtual safety deposit box utilizing smart phone bar code readers.
Major accomplishments:
- Bestselling author. Written books “The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation” and “Leading Apple with Steve Jobs”
- More than 30 years of operational experience with such corporate giants as IBM, Intel and Apple Computer
TRAINING:
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If you’re looking to drive innovation and excellence in IT and other areas of your business, you can get the tools and resources from the executive who worked beside Steve Jobs in the early days at Apple.
These principals of leadership and innovation learned by Former Sr. VP at Apple, Jay Elliot, currently an innovator in health IT, author of “Leading Apple with Steve Jobs” and “The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation” are available via training programs, innovation seminars, workshops and keynote speeches. You can also license the material in Mr. Elliot’s books to create proprietary training programs that can communicate to your employees what it takes to be the best.
News & Events
Nov. 8, 2012 – Interrogation Hub
Leading Apple with Steve Jobs – Jay Elliot
Oct. 8, 2012 – CNBC
Lessons for Tech Giants
Sep. 28, 2012 – Late night edition TG5
Interview with Jay Elliot, author of Steve Jobs – The story continues (Italian)
Sep. 27, 2012 – Wiley Business eNewsletter
New in Management and Leadership
Sep. 25, 2012 – Business Wire
Former Apple Insider Shares Management Lessons from Steve Jobs
Sep. 25, 2012 – Market Watch
Former Apple Insider Shares Management Lessons from Steve Jobs
Sep. 25, 2012 – The Wall Street Journal
Former Apple Insider Shares Management Lessons from Steve Jobs
Sep. 25, 2012 – Wiley
Former Apple Insider Shares Management Lessons from Steve Jobs
(PDF)
Sep. 25, 2012 – Yahoo! Finance
Former Apple Insider Shares Management Lessons from Steve Jobs
Jan. 5, 2012 – Hearing Innovation Expo – Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Jay Elliot will be among world-renowned speakers including former President Bill Clinton, Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson, and actress Marlee Matlin to address the more than 2,500 attendees on innovative leadership.
Oct. 19, 2011 – Business Management Daily Webinar, 1 – 2:15 ET
A fast-paced, incisive event where Jay will explain Steve Jobs’ management and leadership techniques and how they can be applied to other companies.
iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World
Discovery Channel – Special Documentary
Jay Elliot joins Tom Brokaw, Dr. Michio Kaku, Joe Nocera and Stevie Wonder, among others, to pay tribute to the genius and life of Steve Jobs.
Quantum Learning Signs Licensing Agreement with Jay Elliot, Author of “The Steve Jobs Way”
Press Release
August 26th, 2011
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