User:Jesse Jones, Sr

JESSE JONES, M.ED. (October 10, 1952 - Present)

Jesse Jones is an American Renaissance Man. He served in the United States Air Force (Veteran of the Vienam Era, Public School Educator, Musician, Public Speaker, Pharmaceutical Salesman and Business Owner.

BIOGRAPHY

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Jones was born in Flora, Mississippi to parents of sharecroppers. At two years old, his family moved to Belzoni, Mississippi where he grew up a curious child of nature and music. As a young child, Jones worked the cotton fields with his parents and siblings. Jones suffered from asthma as child and was limited in his activities to play with other childrens. But he continued to be a child that was interested in learning, writing and math by reading and studying everything he could get his hands on.

EDUCATION:

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He was an excellent student in school and was selected with two other Black students from Mississippi Delta to intergrate and attend the prestigious rich Edgemont and Scarsdale High Schools in Scarsdale, New York. Jones participated in track and field at Edgemont High School where he lettered. He also started in the Edgemont high school play by Neil Simon's "Sweet Charity." One of Jones' friend who started in the play was Peter Scolari of TV series "Bossom Buddies" and other motion pictures credits. Jones played the Sammy Davis part "Big Daddy" of the "Rhythm of Life Church" in the Sweet Charity Play. He graduated in 1973 and attended Baldwin Wallce College in Berea, Ohio.

MILITARY SERVICE:

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In the same year 1974, Jones left college and later entered the US Air Force where again disguished himself by being selected to President Jimmy Carter's Military Board on Military Pay. Jones graduated with a BS degree in Special Education and a Master degree in Education Administration from Texas State University. After spending four years in the Air Force he taught at the public school and community college and at present he is finishing up a PHD in Education Leadership. Jones was elected the the Northside Independent District Board of Trustees. After his education career, Jones entered the corporate world to work in pharmaceutical sales.

WORK BIOGRAPHY:

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United States Air Force- Lackland AFB, TX Administrative Chief for Basic Training Commander (1974-1978) Military duties included: • Relieve management of administrative detail, all projects • Coordinate work flow • Update and chase delegated tasks to ensure progress to deadlines • Take initiative in manager's absence • Keep projects on schedule • Maintain procedures manual to ensure consistent performance of routines • Compose correspondence/reports for own or manager's signature • Arrange essential mail in priority action order for boss • Check deadlines on incoming requests and put preliminary work in play • Process replies on own initiative or from bosses' dictation or notes • Research, draft or abstract reports Military Leadership Awards and Recognitions: • Selected Airman of the Quarter Basic Military Training School (1975, 77 &78) • Appointment to President Jimmy Carter’s Panel on military pay (1977) • Selected Airmen of the Year- Lackland AFB, TX (1977) • Promoted to Rank of Sergeant (1978) Stinson Vocational School- Harlandale ISD, TX Head Teacher for Vocational Units Adjunct Teacher, San Antonio College Adjunct Teacher, Palo Alto College Teacher duties included: • Observed what students do, to give them useful feedback as a group or individually. • Assessor of whether or not the students are getting the language correctly. The teacher offers feedback, corrects and grades students. • Worked on projects or presentations with individual o small groups, pointing them in the direction they have not yet thought of taking. More personal contact, to feel supported and helped. • Gave care and love; they instruct and try to form a safe and pleasant environment for their students. Students know that if they need something they just need to ask them. • Served as role model and lead, respect, and guide students to become a successful person. Students view their teacher as being wise; therefore they look up to them. Educational Leadership Awards and Recognitions: • Nominated Teacher of the Year, Harlandale ISD (1983) • Merit Teacher Award Nominated (1983) • Teacher of Excellence Stinson Vocation School (1984) • Honorary Life Member of PTA (1985) • Elected to Northside ISD, Board of Trustees (1990) • Appointed to Alamo Public Telecommunication Council (KLRN TV Broadcasting Station) (2012) Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Senior Virology Representative (February 2006 – Present) (1997) Responsible for the promotion of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Virology products to infectious disease physicians who treats patients infected with HIV/AIDS. My area of responsibility includes San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande Valley marketplaces. (2006) Responsible for the promotion of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s CV/Met products to cardiologists, neurologist, endocrinologist, and internists that treat patients with cardiovascular/diabetic diseases, which include San Antonio and Austin marketplaces. Glaxo Pharmaceuticals Executive Sales Representative (November 1990 – July 1997) Responsible for promotion of Glaxo’s antibiotics and respiratory pharmaceuticals to both physicians and pharmacists in hospital and retail marketplaces in the Southeast San Antonio Territory, which include Del Rio and Laredo, Texas. Marion Merrell Dow Medical Sales Representative (June 1985 – November 1990) Responsible for promotion of Marion Merrell Dow OTC and prescription pharmaceuticals to both physicians and hospitals in the South Texas marketplaces, which include Corpus Christi, Laredo, and Del Rio, Texas. My typical work activities include: • Arranging appointments with doctors, pharmacists and hospital medical teams, which may include pre-arranged appointments or regular 'cold' calling. • Making presentations to doctors, practice staff and nurses in GP surgeries, hospital doctors and pharmacists in the retail sector. Presentations may take place in medical settings during the day or may be conducted in the evenings at a local hotel or conference venue; • Organizing conferences for doctors and other medical staff building and maintaining positive working relationships with medical staff and supporting administrative staff e.g. receptionists; managing budgets (for catering, outside speakers, conferences, hospitality, etc). • Keeping detailed records of all contacts; reaching (and if possible exceeding) annual sales targets. • Planning work schedules and weekly and monthly timetables. This may involve working with the area sales team or discussing future targets with the area sales manager. Generally, medical sales executives have their own regional area of responsibility and plan how and when to target health professions. • Regularly attending company meetings, technical data presentations and briefings; keeping up with the latest clinical data supplied by the company and interpreting, presenting and discussing this data with health professionals during presentations; • Monitoring competitor activity and competitors' products; • Maintaining knowledge of new developments in The National Health Service (NHS) , anticipating potential negative and positive impacts on the business and adapting strategy accordingly; • Developing strategies for increasing opportunities to meet and talk to contacts in the medical and healthcare sector; • Staying informed about the activities of health services in a particular area. Corporate Leadership Awards and Recognitions: District Leadership Award (Marion Merrell Dow, Inc. 1985) Region Leadership Award (Marion Merrell Dow, Inc. 1986) HEB “Pharmaceutical Vendor of the Year” Award (Marion Merrell Dow, Inc. 1986) President’s Club Award (Marion Merrell Dow, Inc. 1989) District Leadership Award (Marion Merrell Dow, Inc. 1989) President’s Club Award (Glaxo Pharmaceuticals, 1992) Region Leardership Award (Glaxo Pharmaceuticals, 1994) CV District Leadership Award (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 1999) Plavix Victory in Venice, Italy Trip Contest Winner (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2000) Presidents’ and Vice-Presidents’ AwardperQs Contest (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2003) Pinnacle Award (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2004) Pravachol Go-For-Two Contest (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2004) CV District Leadership Award (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2005) CV Vision Award (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2005) Plavix High Definition Selling Contest 1st Wave (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2005) Plavix High Definition Selling Contest 2nd Wave (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2006) HIV District Leadership Award (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2006) N-Tag Contest – Plavix (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2006) HIV District Leadership Award (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2008) Beat Aids, Inc. Friend of the Community Award (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2009) HIV Living the Mission Award (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2010) HIV District Leadership Award (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2011) Efavirenz Top 15 Contest 2rd Place (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2012)

Education:

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Texas State University:

Bachelors of Education

Master of Educational Administration

Northcentral University:

Completing a PHD in Educational Leadership