I have a new job!
Gia Lyons has spent 8 years at IBM and up until now has been the IBM Lotus Connections Software Evangelist. This interview post serves as her notice to her colleagues about her new gig at Jive.
Gia Lyons has spent 8 years at IBM and up until now has been the IBM Lotus Connections Software Evangelist. This interview post serves as her notice to her colleagues about her new gig at Jive.
I am currently Director of Social Enterprise Evangelism at Jive Software and enjoy speaking with customers about how to use this stuff in the real world. Although I write about social software and enterprise adoption, my opinions are biased in favor of Jive's social networking and collaboration and community solutions, but that doesn't mean Jive shares my views. I live in St. Paul, MN with my husband, daughter, a dog and a cat. And sometimes a rabbit named Cocoa.
Congrats, Gia… Now that you’ll be visiting Portland (my home base) more often, I’d love the chance to meet with you.
From Thomas "Duffbert" Duff on May 20th, 2008 at 9:14 am
Congrats!
From mac guidera on May 20th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Congrats Gia! Please look Gayle and I up when you are in PDX. Have fun keeping Sam out of trouble.
Best!
From Bruce Elgort on May 20th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Congrats Gia! We’re thrilled to have you on board!
From Jessica Swan on May 20th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Again muchos Congratulations. Say hello to the Enterprise Octopus when you get there.
From Richard Fahey on May 20th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Congrats Gia! You KNOW we’ll miss you! Jive is getting one heck of a great person, let me tell you that! I have to say…please tell me you’ll still be at Lsphere so we can do that Weds. night thing again! ;-)
From Andrea on May 20th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Congratulations!
From Gregg Eldred on May 20th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Gia - all the best to you in your new gig!
You’ve spread your wings. Now you are gonna fly!
From Chris Almond on May 20th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Congratulations !! You will be missed big time :-( Give me a call when you get a chance. I know you will do great with your new endeavor.
From Mark Neumann on May 20th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Gia - congrats! Looking forward to working with you here at Jive. It’s going to be loads of fun.
From Paul Biggs on May 20th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Congrats Gia!! Looks like a great fit for you
From Chuck Hauble on May 20th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Gia, you will be missed at IBM. Best of luck to you!
From Scott McAllister on May 20th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Gia - like everyone else I think, I was shocked to hear this. But, I remember I was shocked when you told me that you were in a band back in the day as well. I know that whatever life serves you, you will be a rock star, figuratively and literally.
Congrats!
From Jerry Stowe on May 20th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Gia - Congratulations (sniffle). I’m so excited for you and now know that Jive will be successful with you on board. It goes with out saying that you will truly be missed and I’m so thrilled that I’m already in your ”circle” and, thus won’t miss a beat about you, your thoughts, exploits and the like. Best of luck to you and I will not be a stranger!
From Howard K Smith on May 20th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
What the heck am I going to do with your 115 Cattail files?
I wish you success.
From Jonathan Feinberg on May 20th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Congrats Gia !!!
It’s a big surprise, but a pleasant one :-))
Good luck !
From Dvir Reznik on May 20th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Time to change my bookmarks. Sad to see you go, good luck.
From Dimitri Prosper on May 20th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
New job, new theme. Best of luck, see you around the social mediaverse.
From Ryan Boyles on May 20th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Wow, Gia. This is great news for you, but we are sure going to miss you. Best of wishes, of course, and at least we can all stay connected through this and twitter and whatever else comes our way!
From adamclyde on May 20th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Thanks for all the well wishes, everyone! I had a great time at IBM, and I’m looking forward to my next gig with Jive. I do hope you mean it when you say you’ll stay in touch!
From Gia Lyons on May 20th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Congratulations!! and argh!! Let’s be sure to do breakfast or lunch periodically…
From Jelan Heidelberg on May 20th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Gia, congratulations. IBM’s big loss is Jive’s great gain…good luck in the new (ad)venture!!!…Todd “Turbo” Watson
From Todd Watson on May 20th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Good luck Gia….keep rockin’ and helping the social software space to swell.
From Rooney on May 20th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
[...] that is right. Today I found out that one of those folks who I have always felt was rather special and unique, and still is! (Very much so!) is moving along [...]
From E L S U A ~ A KM Blog by Luis Suarez » Blog Archive » She Will Always Be One Tweet Away… on May 20th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Gia, What am I going to do with all the Connections slides that have your pretty face all over them? Oh well, I guess that is my problem, now. Best of luck in your new career! You are truly an awesome person, and Jive is so fortunate to have acquired such a talented and dedicated employee.
From Mike Dudding on May 20th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
All the very best Gia! I will continue to look forward to reading your blogs and tweets! Michelle
From Michelle Zamora on May 20th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Gia, a huge loss for IBM but a huge gain for Jive. I know you are going to be a star…again
From Ed Brill on May 20th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Gia,
It’s been a pleasure working with you at IBM. Best Wishes,
Laura
From Laura Cappelletti on May 20th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Well done. I have to take issue with this black background though. Cheer this thing up.
From Jay on May 20th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Thanks again for all the great thoughts! Jay, you’re right. this black is too severe. I’ll fix it.
From Gia Lyons on May 20th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Ahh, happy place!
From Jay on May 20th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Gia
all the best!!
I learned so much from you and I was contaminated by your enthusiasm. I have few words to say but I fully agree with Luis’s article.
I wish you really all the best in this new challenge! And thanks for having taught me so many things and for having proven that the word “impossible” does not exist.
Keep in touch !
Best regards
/Stefano
From Stefano Pogliani on May 21st, 2008 at 4:09 am
Does this mean you’ll be moving to Portland? Give me a buzz if that’s a case.
From Martha on May 21st, 2008 at 11:58 am
Hi Gia,
Was in a meeting earlier this week and Sam was making the announcement that you will be joining the team here. Your reputation is sterling, it goes without saying that I am excited to meet you and happy to call you a fellow, “Jiver”.
Welcome to the team,
Joe
From Joe Lokis on May 21st, 2008 at 12:01 pm
@32: Stefano, it was a pleasure working with you, and thanks for teaching me stuff, too!
@33: Martha, I’m staying in St. Paul, but will visit lovely Portland, OR many times, I’m sure.
@34: Hi Joe! I’m looking forward to joining the tribe - see you in June!
From Gia Lyons on May 21st, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Congrats Gia, to you and Jive. Sounds like a fantastic win-win for both of you.
From Alan Lepofsky on May 21st, 2008 at 2:04 pm
……………#$#$#! Good luck and Best Wishes at Jive! You’ll be missed…
From Brant Zwiefel on May 21st, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Congrats, Gia! Blog Central won’t be the same without you!
From kellyd on May 21st, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Congratulations, Gia! I wish you continued success and reading your thoughts about how we really communicate in electronic media!
From Daniel Lieber on May 21st, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Make sure you come up to the Man Stable when you come here and say hi to us in Marketing. (or else)
From chriskalani on May 21st, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Thanks, Alan! It’s weird “talking” to you here since I “see” you every day in Twitter. :)
Brant! Buddy! Where the hell have you been?!?
Kelly, you and Troy will have to keep providing the hilarity. I’ll always remember you for your Velvet Elvis and rubber chicken.
Daniel, thanks for the well wishes!
Chris, ROTFLMAO! I have to see Sam’s hairless chest at the very least. Actually, I think I’m supposed to camp out in the Man Stable when I’m there in a coupla weeks.
From Gia Lyons on May 21st, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Congrats! Best of luck in the new endeavor… and thanks for the education on ’social software’.
From Craig Linke on May 22nd, 2008 at 5:44 am
Congrats on the new job Gia. Jive looks like a great company and right now I am in the process of evaluating Jive Clearspace vs. Lotus Connections. Looking forward to a chat in the near future to get your opinions on both products.
From John Bowersox on May 22nd, 2008 at 9:07 am
Congratulations Gia! The Briefing Center will feel the loss to be sure!
From David Montgomery on May 22nd, 2008 at 10:42 am
Wow Gia, you will be missed big time at IBM. Jive have just made transfer of the season.
Good luck.
From Karl Roche (ragtag) on May 22nd, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Gia, you rock and will continue to rock! Thanks for all your help and I’m glad we were able to close some business together. Best of luck!
From Greg Mucci on May 22nd, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Thanks Craig, John, David, Karl, and Greg! I really appreciate your warm wishes! I’ll miss working with you…
John, feel free to email me at gia@jivesoftware.com to schedule a conversation.
From Gia Lyons on May 24th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Yikes - huge bummer! I just got back from vacation and heard the news.
I know we’ll always stay in touch and you know you’re the absolute bomb in my book. I wish you the best of luck at Jive and congratulations on the new opportunity.
Hopefully I’ll see you around the virtual watercooler :-)
From Cheryl Kelly on May 27th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Gia,
Lots of luck for you in your new adventure! Hope we meet up again sometime in the future.
–Amy
From Amy Widmer on May 28th, 2008 at 6:00 am
Hi Gia,
good luck with th emove…… we met in Palisade not long time ago for a customer debrief. I would like to keep in touch and also hear about Jive. I am going to be in Boston in 2 weeks for Enterprise 2.0, will you be there? I look forward to speaking with you soon.
From Vittorio Cretella on May 29th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Hi Vittorio. Yes, I remember you! I will be at E2.0 starting Jun 10. I’ll be working the Jive booth on Jun 11. Please stop by - I’d love to talk to you about what’s coming in Clearspace 2.1!
From Gia Lyons on May 29th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Gia,
I was on the phone with one of my favorite IBM’er JF and he told me your news. I had to check out the Jive website and there you were. I echo everyone else in saying…..IBM’s loss is definately Jives gain…. I hope our paths will continue to cross…. You are the best at what you do!!! You Go Girl!!
From Laurie Belmer on June 18th, 2008 at 7:51 am