Barbara Bowen, PhD

Experience

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  SolutionsMapping: Creating & sharing knowledge for climate resilience

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  Principal Consultant & Knowledge Elicitor
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  Logo Computer Systems, Inc.

  Jan 1980 - Jan 1983

  Manager, Training & Marketing Support

  Logo Computer Systems, Inc. (LCSI) developed a commercial product based on the Logo computing language developed by Seymour Papert, Hal Abelson, Cynthia and colleagues at MIT's Laboratory of Computer Science. Apple Computer, Inc. entered into an agreement with LCSI to produce and market an "Apple-labeled" product. Developed marketing and sales collateral.Designed and conducted training for K-12 customers and educators.Keynote speaker for Apple Education Marketing on Logo as a tool to develop thinking and "powerful ideas" of computation. Success in the latter role led to being recruited by Apple. Show less

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  LCSI

  Jan 1980 - Jan 1982

  Manager of Training & Mktg. Support

  Developed training materials and conducted training for K-12 teachers in use of LOGO - a graphical programming language designed to make powerful ideas of computing accessible to children. Supported Apple Education Reps & Dealers with workshops, materials and presentations at conferences.

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  Apple Computer, Inc.

  Jan 1983 - Mar 1993

  External Research was an intrapreneurial initiative to increase Apple's portfolio of advanced technologies, to provide an effective means to identify and recruit new talent, and to support Higher Ed Marketing.The department created and managed collaborative research partnerships between Apple's engineers and researchers and leading university researchers for a broad range of technologies and research areas.External Research partnerships generated new technologies for Apple's portfolio, including: human interface, manufacturing, object oriented databases, operating systems and advanced learning technologies. The partnership strategy was researcher-to-researchers collaborations, an approach that was very popular with both University researchers and Apple employees. External Research's policy of providing unrestricted fellowship support for graduate students led to highly productive internships and major reductions in the cost of recruiting researchers and engineers. Show less Developed new vision and program guidelines for corporate education foundationRecruited Advisory Board of national expertsKeynote speaker on uses of technology to enhance learningContributed to Apple's strategy for K-12Supported Apple's regional sales reps with research-based educational collateralRepresented Apple at international, national, and regional educational technology conferences and meetings, including the National Task Force on Educational Technology Show less

  • Manager, External Research

    Mar 1986 - Mar 1993

  • Director, Apple Education Foundation

    Jan 1983 - Mar 1986
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  Sound Knowledge Strategies, LLC

  Mar 2005 - Aug 2009

  Managing Director

  • Strategic consulting - industry landscape mapping to ID trend intersections that provide new business opportunities - facilitating 100% strategy alignment for distributed team via visual knowledge framework - facilitating shared vision for two departments of a public health organization• Executive communication & decision support - designed concept maps to enhance PowerPoint presentations by providing cognitive scaffolds to facilitate understanding of complex industry & legal concepts - > 500% ROI for woman-owned, textile manufacturing business by enabling owner & CFO toclarify success requirements for potential JV - created innovation map that enabled physician to explain his innovative approach to management of chronic pain• Capacity building for new business start-up and state-wide education improvement initiative Show less

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  SolutionsMapping

  Jan 2011 - now

  Integrating local & scientific knoweldge to inform effective community-based solutions.

  SolutionsMapping assists leaders who are working to design solutions for critical challenges their communities face:• threats to food and water security for communities & the public sector • lack of resilience and true sustainability - which require regenerative systems) • lack of an integrated, holistic infrastructure for the knowledge and know-how that are needed to design, implement and communicate effective solutionsOur core product are visual knowledge representations that:- facilitate highly-effective knowledge sharing & knowledge transfer, especially of tacit knowledge- simplify complexity­­- are effective tools for public education, stakeholder communication & community development- facilitate clarity, shared vision & strategic alignment- reduce the costs & time needed to produce the desired resultsSolutionsMapping has an adaptive fee structure so that Barbara's highly-effective work can be available to grassroots organizations, as well as local, regional and state government. Solutionsmapping is also committed to supporting eco-based businesses whose products and services facilitate soil regeneration, wetlands restoration, ecosystem regeneration, habitat creation and protection, and community food security and food sovereignty.for more information visit: http://solutionsmapping.comor contact Barbara bbowen@solutionsmapping.com, 206.905.9990 Show less