Biography

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Jacobs served as President of IDEAL at NCR until he retired in 2002, after 20 years of service. Prior to 1997, Jacobs managed NCR's global accessibility program and a wide-range of technical support, application development, and technical education groups. He also served as Chairman of AT&T Global Information Solution's Project Freedom which pioneered the use of interactive video technology in support of sign-language communication over the Internet. Jacobs has also been a hardware product manager; a commercial industry marketing manager, and worked in system sales.