Jon Metzler regularly publishes on a variety of technology and policy topics.

Recent publications include:

  • Lore of Wizards: Consultants Talk About Consulting, Richard Metzler and Jon Metzler, serialization beginning January 2008.

    Put any veteran consultants together and the stories begin to fly. The book is comprised of multiple interviews with industry veterans, and captures the wisdom they gained through decades of experience.


On behalf of Rosum Corporation:

  • "VoIP E9-1-1: A Market and Regulatory Update", Emergency Number Professional magazine, March 2007.
  • "This Is Not a Test: Future of the Emergency Alert System", Inside GNSS magazine, October 2006. [PDF, 366k]
  • "Tracing Terrorism's Footsteps", Security Products magazine, April 2006. [PDF, 689k]
  • "What's on TV? A Positioning and Communications Options for Public Safety", Public Safety Communications magazine, March 2006. [PDF, 1175k]
  • "VoIP E911: Potential Solutions and Some Lessons from the Wireless E9-1-1 Experience", 9-1-1 Magazine, September/October 2005. [PDF, 326k]

  • "Compressed Evolution: High Tech Entrepreneurship in Japan; A Comparative Study with Silicon Valley", Master's thesis, University of California-Berkeley, 2001.