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