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What people are saying about Jared SmithPhotocopies of the original letters are available upon request. From Big Nerd Ranch, Press Release August 31, 2006
The innovative bootcamp highlights the instruction prowess of Asterisk guru and author, Jared Smith. Jared is the Senior Consultant and instructor for Sokol & Associates and the creator of the IAX2 trunking technique. He is featured as a co-author of the seminal Asterisk text, Asterisk: The Future of Telephony, and one of the co-creators of the Asterisk Docs project. "When you're dealing with emerging technologies, finding the right instructor with the requisite experience and street credentials to teach a class can be challenging," said Aaron Hillegass, Big Nerd Ranch founder. "Having someone with the knowledge base, reputation, and vigor of Jared Smith is like winning the lottery. His finger has been at the pulse of Asterisk design almost since its inception, and his ability to translate his knowledge into practical instruction for students is an incredible asset." (PRWeb.com)
From SineApps:
"Jared spoke about the new speech recognition integration in the latest versions of the Asterisk Business Edition ... Jared had a pleasant manner of speaking which also made it enjoyable for my partner, who came with me and knew very little about Asterisk." (SineApps.com - Asterisk Daily News and VoIP Services: Astricon Paris Write Up, June 27, 2006) Alec Saunders
Tim O'Reilly, owner O'Reilly Media:
Jeremy McNamara of nufone.net, which operates one of the mirrors, provided us with download stats, which we were then able to compare with book sales. Our goal of course, is to help publishers understand whether free downloads help or hurt sales. The quick answer from this experiment is that we saw no definitive correlation, but there is little sign that the free downloads hurt sales. More than 180,000 copies were downloaded from Jeremy's mirror (which is one of five!), yet the book has still been quite successful, selling almost 19,000 copies in a year and a half. This is quite good for a technical book these days -- the book comes in at #23 on our lifetime-to-date sales list for the "class of 2005" (books published in 2005) despite being released at the end of September. You might argue that the book would have done even better without the downloads, especially given the success of asterisk and the importance of VoIP. But it's also the case that the book is far and away the bestseller in the category, far outperforming books on the same subject from other publishers. FromO'Reilly Radar: Free Downloads vs. Sales: A Publishing Case Study From O'Reilly Media:
From Asterisk: The Future of Telephony From the Astricon 2004 program: Here is the Astricon Power Point Presentation
It is with pleasure that I write this letter of recommendation for Jared Smith, with whom I worked at Discovery Research Group for approximately 20 months. During that period of time, I was president of the company and Jared was a member of our infrastructure team. The infrastructure team was tasked with the project of completely rebuilding the technical infrastructure of the entire company. Jared possesses the rare talent of being able to operate simultaneously in the technical world and in the business world. He is able to discuss complex technical matters with anyone, and is also able to frame the discussion in terms of benefit to the company. Jared also exhibited the ability to work well with every group of stakeholders, including our client base, vendors, other employees and executives. I will miss working with Jared on a professional level, but also on a personal level. I would hire Jared again without hesitation if given an opportunity. Please feel free to contact me if I can answer further questions. Michael Lundberg, President
To Whom It May Concern: Jared Smith has worked with me at Visionary Products, Inc. for about the last two years while he attended Utah State University. His primary duties were system administration, database administration, and web application developer. During the last few months, Jared has also been involved in embedded systems development, including hardware and firmware development. Jared's system administration skills are among the best around. He has an in-depth knowledge of UNIX (especially Linux) and Windows server administration, including account maintenance, security, Internet services, and backup. Jared is also able to quickly research and expand his administration skills when the need arises. As a database and web application developer, Jared setup our databases servers, both Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL and implemented numerous web-based graphical user interfaces using PHP to access the databases. Jared's C programming, assembly language knowledge, and electrical and computer engineering education make him a good fit for firmware and embedded system development. Jared also gets along well with others and has no problem communicating effectively. In all, Jared is very likely to be a great part of your team! Sincerely, Email: paulh@visionaryproducts.com
The purpose of this letter is for recommending Jared Smith for employment. I was his supervisor, during which time he proved to have many skills, which I valued greatly. We had many challenging problems and time schedules that required excellent problem solving skills as well as the ability to work under pressure. He was able to meet those challenges, and his suggestions and solutions proved to be sound. His motivation and awareness for doing what needed to be done was appreciated, I never had to "micro-manage" Jared. He was always willing to research and learn about the things that he didn't know, thus I know he has the ability to adapt to various positions that he may not currently have expertise in at this time. He is easy to work with and was a valued employee. I have no doubt that he will be a great asset to your organization. Feel free to call or email me to discuss any other questions you may have about this recommendation.
Allan Lundberg
To Whom It May Concern: This letter is to introduce and recommend Mr. Jared Smith and to give an idea of Jared's duties while employed at Utah State University Resource Recovery Services. Jared worked for a period of approximately 1 1/2 years in our Surplus Sales operation and during that time had the opportunity to receive a good deal of hands-on training and experience. During the period of a year our operation typically receives several hundred excess (or surplus) computers that are turned in for sale or salvage. Jared's job as a computer repair technician involved the receipt, analysis and processing of these computers. He honed his decision-making skills by doing an initial analysis on each unit to determine whether or not the unit was worth further processing. Units that were deemed to not be worth repairing were salvaged for useable parts and then recycled by private sources for scrap value. Once Jared performed the initial sort then the real work of refurbishing the units began. I come to rely on Jared's judgment and integrity as he undertook only the units that he was certain would recover the costs associated with the repair and refurbishing. He dealt with a large variety of units all the way from main or mini frame units to pc's of every shape and size along with a good deal of peripheral equipments such as printers, modems, cards, etc.... Jared did an outstanding job and his technical skills increased greatly during his time with us. In addition to his technical skills; Jared worked well with people and was liked and respected by his co-workers. I found him to be most responsive and willing to do whatever was asked even when the request was outside of his normal duties. Jared is customer-oriented and paid a good deal of attention to the art of pleasing his customers. In summary, I would highly recommend Jared to be considered for a wide variety of job applications. He learned many of his skills as a young man helping his father in a home computer repair business and this type of work just seems to come naturally for him. He is dependable and seems well-adjusted in his personal and home life. I will be happy to visit in person and/or address any issues not covered above. Sincerely, G. Kevin Phillips, Manager
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