Jim Carr

Who is Jim Carr?

Jim Carr is a Digital strategist, Online producer, and Educator. An advocate for digital literacy, Carr serves on the Board of Directors for the Digital Literacy Institute, a non-profit organization that works to bridge the digital divide and promote access to Internet technologies for under-served populations. During the Tech boom of the 1990s Carr was co-founder and Chief Technologist of TechTrain, Inc.; an Atlanta-based Microsoft partner with technology training centers throughout the Southeastern United States.

Carr has served as a guest instructor and consultant for a number of academic institutions including Queens College, Guilford College, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and the College of Charleston. Carr has been a strategist and consultant to startups and established dot com companies, including America Online where he was an editor for AOL's CityGuide product and Sage Software where was Senior Web Managing Editor of act.com at Sage's Scottsdale, Arizona-based CRM software division.

Working with the Maricopa Community College District from 2003 to 2006, Carr served as Director of Instructional Technology & New Media and taught Business & Technology courses at their GateWay campus. In 2007, he was named Director of Digital Media for Belo Corporation's Arizona television group, which includes KTVK-3TV, KASW-CW6, and azfamily.com. In 2012 Carr joined Young Broadcasting as Vice President of Digital Media where he sets strategic objectives for the company's digital media business and leads Digital distribution and interactive advertising efforts for Young's media properties in 10 U.S. markets.