Jerry Jones

Jerry Jones is the Executive Director of Technology Services at the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) in Sacramento, California.1 He has over 25 years of experience in the IT field and currently leads the entire technology division at SCOE, which includes core infrastructure, systems, networking, desktop support, application development, video production, and multimedia design.1

Jones has been in his current role since August 2016.1 Prior to this, he held several positions within SCOE:

• Director, Computer, Network and Telecommunications Support Department (2000-2016)
• Systems Administrator, Technology Projects (1997-2000)
• MIS Specialist (1993-1995)

His responsibilities include managing all technology departments and services at SCOE, overseeing a state-of-the-art data center, and maintaining BESTNet, a Sacramento County dark fiber network ring that connects all of the Sacramento County school districts.1

Jones holds an Associate of Arts degree from American River College, a Bachelor's degree from California State University-Sacramento, and has studied Network and Systems Administration at UC Davis Extension.1

He is also involved in various professional organizations, serving as a member of the Conference Committee for the California IT in Education (CITE) organization2 and as a Board Member of the Sacramento Educational Cable Consortium.3