Ashley Shaw

Current

• Project Manager Contractor at Media24
• Creator at FeedMyMedia
• Business owner at LightSpeed

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Past

• System Administrator at SynthaSite
• Cape Epic Volunteer at Cape Epic
• System Administrator at Qeo Wireless

• System Administrator at City Varsity
• Freelance IT work on the site at Certain Companies
• Courier Cyclist at Citi-Sprint/Peddlers
• Intern / trainee technician at Etuan Technology

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Education

• Linux Professional Institute
• WebPR+
• Apple Training

• Microsoft Self-Study MSCE Curriclum
• City Varsity
• Paarl Boys High
• Paarl Boys Junior

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• Facebook
• My New Startup
• My Company

Ashley Shaw’s Summary

Entrepreneur and Business Owner. Have a keen interest in blogging has exposed me to one my favourite open source applications called WordPress. We can now build just about anything with the WordPress content management system. Speak to me if you want professional web publishing made easy! LightSpeed changed from being an IT Support Company to being a specialist web development company in 2007.

Wiki evangelist looking for interesting projects involving wiki technology. My aim is to help businesses with knowledge management and change the way they communicate internally. Emphasis is on collaboration, which speeds up knowledge creation. My goal is to become recognized as one of South Africa's top Wiki Strategists. Wiki technology has caused a shift in collaborative knowledge creation. Take a look at how Wikipedia has grown since its advent, with the right strategy and wiki framework in place you can revolutionize your business.

Background in the Microsoft, Mac and Linux world as System Administrator. Designing Network and Server infrastructure, then implementing the design has always been a passion of mine. Open Source software resulted in the participation in online communities.

Ashley Shaw’s Specialties:

social network design, public speaker, wiki strategies, blog strategies, website review, website statistics analysis, social media strategist, social media speaker, training, marketing research, online research, communication, presentations, wiki workshops, blogging, blogger, social networking, podcast, linkedin, open source server infrastructure design,

Ashley Shaw’s Experience

• Project Manager Contractor

  Media24

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year)

• Creator

  FeedMyMedia

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  FeedMyMedia is a concept I have been building on for a long time. The world we live in is changing more and more day by day. The web is changing evening faster!
  
  I have created FeedMyMedia as a product for LightSpeed. FeedMyMedia.com will display the Products and available to the community. I will inviting users to join FeedMyMedia in an attempt to create a Social Network as well as provide a free website service with all tools you need to to collaborate and communicate online.

• Business owner

  LightSpeed

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2003 — Present (6 years 7 months)

  I started the business in 2003. The business is builds Blog and Wiki Websites focused on communication and collaboration. We launched two website products - FeedMyMedia & FeedMyHive.
  
  FeedMyModules is a selection of add-on modules allowing a business to extend their website easily. Professional web publishing made easy. Here is a quick list of the free and pro modules available - Galleries, Forums, Shops, Mailing Lists, Member Zone and Ad Serving.
  
  FeedMyServices consists of a selection of services that compliment the above mentioned web solutions. The main focus is social web development aimed at providing a business with a functional, attractive and compliant website. We focus on 4 main areas of service - Analyze, Optimize, Publicize and Monetize.
  
  To conclude, if you are looking for a Web company that understands the social web revolution and what you need to adapt to the changes, then LightSpeed is the company for you!

• System Administrator

  SynthaSite

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  June 2007 — October 2007 (5 months)

  Linux Server administration, Network Infrastructure Design. Involved with research and testing of related technologies.

• Cape Epic Volunteer

  Cape Epic

  (Sports industry)

  March 2005 — March 2007 (2 years 1 month)

  I have been a volunteer at the Cape Epic 2005 to 2007. The Cape Epic is an 8 day mountain bike stage race. My volunteer role was involved with everything from Bar Tending to Evening Production and Daily Awards Presentation.
  
  The last time I was involved with the Cape Epic I used my IT background and knowledge to create daily power point slides with results and sponsor info. This power point slide show was played out to approximately 1000 people every evening for the duration of the 8 day event. At the end of each evenings power point slide show a Google Earth fly through was done of the next day's route. After the day's pictures were played on a slideshow for everyone to see.
  
  The Cape-Epic is an incredible event that was a yearly highlight for 3 years running. Due to work commitments I am unable to return for 2008.

• System Administrator

  Qeo Wireless

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  February 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 10 months)

  System Administrator, Network Infrastructure maintenance, Hardware Procurement.

• System Administrator

  City Varsity

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 3 months)

  Provided system administration, network administration and IT support to 170+workstations in an educational institute, built an intra / extra net.

• Freelance IT work on the site

  Certain Companies

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2000 — December 2002 (3 years)

  • 2002
  • Tractor Productions
  • Kaluma Development
  • 2001
  • Ken Karner – owner of a museum in Franschhoek

• Courier Cyclist

  Citi-Sprint/Peddlers

  (Privately Held; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

  November 2000 — May 2001 (7 months)

  Collection of items from companies and the timeout delivery of them

• Intern / trainee technician

  Etuan Technology

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 4 months)

  Laying cables, installation of PCs, sale and installation of software and hardware, assembling of PCs, set-up of small networks, ensure PCs are up and running, system administration, internet connectivity setup / trouble shoot, basic server builds

Ashley Shaw’s Education

• Linux Professional Institute

  Linux IT Professional Certification 2006 — 2008

  A widely-recognized Linux certification ensures that IT professionals have a means of demonstrating their Linux skills to potential employers while assuring customers that they are receiving knowledgable support.
  
  The easiest way to gain corporate, governmental, and institutional support and usage of Linux is to ensure that there is a recognized support system in place. This includes professionally accredited support services and an industry recognized skills standard.

  Activities and Societies:

  Linux System Administration, Level 1, 2 and 3

• WebPR+

  WebPR+Online Reputation Management 2007 — 2007

  While the fundamentals of good PR still apply; the strategy, medium and methodology has evolved. Following on from last year's highly successful Online+ conference, Quirk eMarketing and Sally Falkow are proud to bring you WebPR+. We're about to revive the conversation and bring you an introduction to PR for Web2.0.
  
  The WebPR+ conference will detail how online PR, reputation management and social media can strengthen your company's presence, build your brand online and drive traffic to your website. This 1 day conference is ideal for PR professionals, marketers (both online and off), bloggers and SEO's. In fact anyone with a website or working on a website should attend the WebPR+ conference.

  Activities and Societies:

  The Shifts in Media Consumption, The How To's of Online Reputation Management, Content Strategies, Responding to the Conversation

• Apple Training

  Mac OS X Support Essentials 2006 — 2006

  Mac OS X Support Essentials is a three-day, hands-on course that provides an intensive and in-depth exploration of troubleshooting on Mac OS X. This course is designed to give you a tour of the breadth of functionality of Mac OS X and the best methods for effectively supporting users of Mac OS X systems. The course is a combination of lectures and hands-on case study exercises that provide practical real-world experience.

  Activities and Societies:

  Introduction, Installation, User Accounts, File Systems, Permissions, Application Environments, Command-Line Interface, Network Configuration and Troubleshooting, Accessing Network Services, Providing Network Services, Peripherals, Printing, Startup Sequence, Troubleshooting

• Microsoft Self-Study MSCE Curriclum

  MCSE , Microsoft System Engineering , 1999 — 2006

  I have been working with Microsoft Technologies from about the age of 14. In 1999 I started studying the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 MCSE Curriclum. In the years 2000-2001 I continued to do self-study of the Microsoft Windows 2000 MCSE Curriculum, which I actively used in my day to day System Administration Responsibilities. I felt that doing these courses purely theoretically was pointless and therefore studied them while do freelance IT work. In 2004 I started working with Microsoft Windows 2003, which lead me to start studying the MCSE 2003 curriculum in 2005-2006. The last course completed by my was the Microsoft Operations Framework Essentials in 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  Windows NT 4.0 MCSE, Windows 2000 MCSE, Microsoft 2003 MCSE, Microsoft Infrastructure Administration, Microsoft Windows Active Directory Service, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft ISA Firewall, Microsoft Operations Framework Essentials

• City Varsity

  Advanced Web design 2002 — 2002

  This course is designed to give students a solid foundation for creating robust interactive internet, intranet and e-commerce web applications.

  Activities and Societies:

  Programming fundamentals, HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, PHP, SQL, MySQL, JavaScript (Client side scripting), web-server considerations, database considerations, database connectivity, creating an e-Commerce site using PHP

• Paarl Boys High

  Matric , English, Afrikaans, Maths, Science, Accounting, History , 1994 — 1998

• Paarl Boys Junior

  1986 — 1993

  I attended Paarl Boys Junior School from PreSchool (Kindergarden), through Sub-A and Sub-B, then from Standard 1 - 5, afterwhich I moved on to Paarl Boys High

  Activities and Societies:

  Soccor Club, Chess Club

Additional Information

Ashley Shaw’s Websites:

• Facebook
• My New Startup
• My Company

Ashley Shaw’s Interests:

Public Speaking, New technology, Networking, Technology Research, Social Networking (Online), Strategic Planning, Reading Technical Manuals, Mountain Biking, Trail Running, Rock Climbing and Socializing with friends (Offline).

Ashley Shaw’s Groups:

VeloCITi Business Development Program
Cape Runners Against Gravity
Running League (UCT Tennis Courts)

•    Web 2.0 SA
•    FormFunction Digital Consultants
•    HireBuzz
•    Skyrove Community

Ashley Shaw’s Honors:

Future 100 Young Entrepreneur 2009 Nominee
1998 WP Jnr u/19 MTB Champion

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