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Ben Jones
Affiliate Instructor

Education

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

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