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Ben Jones

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Ben Jones

Affiliate Instructor

Education

MBA California Lutheran University (2011)
BSME University of California, Los Angeles (2000)

Academic Expertise

AI literacy
continuous process improvement
data analytics
data literacy
data storytelling
data visualization
executive leadership
Lean
learning and development
product marketing
public speaking
Six Sigma
small business entrepreneurship

Positions Held

Co-Founder & CEO, Data Literacy, December 2018 – Present
Affiliate Instructor, University of Washington – Michael G. Foster School of Business, September 2020 – Present
Instructor, Data Visualization Theory, University of Washington, January 2015 – Present
Technical Evangelism Director, Tableau Software, June 2018 – December 2018
Director of Outreach Programs, Tableau Software, June 2016 – June 2018
Director of Product Marketing, Tableau Software, February 2015 – June 2016
Sr. Tableau Public Product Manager, January 2013 – February 2015
Marketing Group Manager, Medtronic Diabetes, April 2012 – January 2013

Selected Publications

AI Literacy Fundamentals (2024)
Data Literacy Fundamentals, 2nd edition (2025)
Leading in the Age of Data (2023)
Read, Write, Think Data (2022)
Learning to See Data (2020)
Avoiding Data Pitfalls (2019)
Communicating Data with Tableau (2014)

Honors and Awards

2011CLU Festival of Scholars School of Business – Overall Winner 
2012 Tableau Iron Viz Sports Contest Winner
2007 Medtronic Star of Excellence

Courses Taught

BUS AN 579 – Data Visualization and Storytelling