Evan Oberman

President at FTW Technologies

Location: Toronto, Canada Area
Industry: Information Technology and Services

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Evan Oberman's Overview

Current

President at FTW Technologies
Organizer at Frag For Cancer
Owner at Varsity Gameco Inc.

Past

Promotions / Gaming Advisor - Canada at GUNNAR Optiks
Marketing Coordinator at Virgin Gaming
Gaming Expert at The Jetstar Group

Community & Content Manager for Major League Gaming Canada at Insight Sports
Systems Administration at Ronald A. Chisholm
Co-Founder at Gekkotech Computers

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Education

Dalhousie University
Greenwood College School

Recommendations

6 people have recommended Evan

Connections

326 connections

Websites

Entrepreneurship. Organizing and volunteering at multiple events from charities to LAN parties. Performance system building. Marketing/Promotions. Gaming Expert. + More.

Specialties

Running Events, Presentation Skills, Communication, Conventional and Guerrilla Marketing.

President

FTW Technologies

Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry

May 2011 – Present (9 months) Toronto, ON

Web Hosting, Domains, Google Apps for Business, Cloud Storage, Technology Consulting.

Organizer

Frag For Cancer

Nonprofit; 1-10 employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry

2008 – Present (4 years)

I am a co-organizer of Frag For Cancer. I wear many hats in this organization. My roles range from event planning to maintaining the website, obtaining sponsors and setting up the network for the LAN.

Owner

Varsity Gameco Inc.

September 2007 – Present (4 years 5 months)

Founded and operate Varsity Gameco and The Varsity eSports League

Promotions / Gaming Advisor - Canada

GUNNAR Optiks

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Goods industry

May 2010 – March 2011 (11 months)

Marketing Coordinator

Virgin Gaming

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry

June 2010 – September 2010 (4 months)

Gaming Expert

The Jetstar Group

May 2009 – June 2010 (1 year 2 months)

I did work on a number of gaming-related programs, specializing in the gaming aspects. These responsibilities were broad, including working with pro-players, organizing tournaments, and running promotions. I now manage an ad network for a group of specialty websites, and act as an advisor for gaming related projects.

Community & Content Manager for Major League Gaming Canada

Insight Sports

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry

July 2008 – August 2008 (2 months)

I was the community and content manager for the MLG Canada website. I updated content and administrated the forums. Also worked at live events such as the AMP Your Game National Gaming Tour, and the Pro Circuit stop in Toronto.
www.mlgcanada.com

Systems Administration

Ronald A. Chisholm

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; International Trade and Development industry

June 2007 – August 2007 (3 months)

Assisted with systems administration. I would get projects such as going around to every person in the office, checking up on their computers, applying updates, and deploying new software. I also worked with VNC doing remote access to the US and Montreal. I would send out email updates and instructions to the entire company, setup new systems, "Ghost" machines, and zero systems to be returned. I would make orders for new parts and work with service representatives when they came to the office. These among many other duties I was charged with while working at Ronald A. Chisholm.

Co-Founder

Gekkotech Computers

October 2005 – December 2006 (1 year 3 months)

Small tech-support with a few friends in high-school

Dalhousie University

Bachelor of Management, Business Management with a major in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

2007 – 2011

My program focuses on the many aspects of running a business. This includes areas of marketing, finances, proper presentation skills and business etiquette, all the way to analyzing and executing social corporate responsibility. The "theme" of the program can be defined as "Manging with Integrity".

Activities and Societies: Founded and operate the Dalhousie eSports Society, winner of the 2009/2010 Charitable Society of the Year Award. Completed the ESP (Entreprenurial Skills Program), will graduate with a certificate in Entrepreneurship. Co-Organizer at Frag For Cancer - (www.fragforcancer.ca)