Jayson Minard

Current

Owner at WorkSpace Cafe Inc.
CTO and Software Architect for Hire at MindHeap Technology

Past

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at AbeBooks
Editor in Chief at Zend Developer Zone
Lecturer / Instructor at University of Victoria

Chief Information Officer (CIO) at AbeBooks
Vice President, Systems at AbeBooks
Director, Engineering Product Management at BEA Systems
Chief Architect, Java Business Unit at Borland
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at OpenAvenue
Director, Special Projects at StarBase (acquired by Borland)
Sr. Staff Engineer, Architect at Borland
Director, Business Development at Borland
Senior Instructor and Consultant at Greenbrier & Russel
Technical Director at DPSC Colorado
Founder: Lead Engineer and Engineering Manager at Dvorak Development
Software Engineer at Annatek (acquired by Novell)
Software Engineer at Sophco
Software Consultant at Independent Contracting
Technology Director (as contractor) at Restaurant Runners

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Education

Academy of Health Science, Ft. Sam Houston

Recommended

15 people have recommended Jayson

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Jayson Minard’s Summary

I am a senior resource that brings together the technology and business worlds. I have a range of experience from small software companies and Internet startups to large worldwide software and internet companies. I have a reputation for going after the tough tasks, the hard goals, and accomplishing what the business needs to thrive.

I can act as an operational manager focusing on supporting the business with real-time strategies or as a product and technical visionary determining the path for the business to pursue. I can work at the technical, product or business level interchangeably keeping a constant conduit open between these equally important aspects of the company.

I accept clients world-wide.

Contact: jayson.minard @ gmail.com (http://www.mindheap.com/jayson_minard.pdf for resume)

Jayson Minard’s Specialties:

Java, PHP and .NET development; LAMP; Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and other databases; Enterprise integration and messaging; Scalability; Endeca IAP and Lucene search engine; Amazon EC2 and S3;

Technical strategy and vision, assimilating new technology, staff skill-set building, agile processes, software architecture, operations technologies, SaaS, operational management, IP protection, PCI and HIPAA.

Creating near-shore and offshore teams (Canada, Central America, South America).

Jayson Minard’s Experience

Owner

WorkSpace Cafe Inc.

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

August 2008 — Present (4 months)

WorkSpace is a shared work environment in downtown Vancouver. Our Gastown loft has meeting rooms, a lounge & a café surrounding a beautiful open concept work environment. We provide memberships (not leases) to independent professionals and small firms looking for a better place to work.
CTO and Software Architect for Hire

MindHeap Technology

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

January 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

AbeBooks

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

June 2003 — April 2007 (3 years 11 months)
Editor in Chief

Zend Developer Zone

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2006 — August 2006 (8 months)
Lecturer / Instructor

University of Victoria

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

January 2006 — May 2006 (5 months)
Chief Information Officer (CIO)

AbeBooks

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

June 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 7 months)
Vice President, Systems

AbeBooks

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

June 2003 — May 2004 (1 year)
Director, Engineering Product Management

BEA Systems

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BEAS; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2002 — May 2003 (6 months)
Chief Architect, Java Business Unit

Borland

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BORL; Computer Software industry)

December 2000 — December 2002 (2 years 1 month)
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

OpenAvenue

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1999 — December 2000 (2 years)
Director, Special Projects

StarBase (acquired by Borland)

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; SBAS; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1999 — December 2000 (2 years)
Sr. Staff Engineer, Architect

Borland

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BORL; Computer Software industry)

October 1995 — November 1998 (3 years 2 months)
Director, Business Development

Borland

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; borl; Computer Software industry)

November 1997 — November 1998 (1 year 1 month)
Senior Instructor and Consultant

Greenbrier & Russel

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 1994 — November 1995 (1 year)
Technical Director

DPSC Colorado

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 1993 — December 1994 (1 year 3 months)
Founder: Lead Engineer and Engineering Manager

Dvorak Development

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

July 1992 — October 1993 (1 year 4 months)
Software Engineer

Annatek (acquired by Novell)

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NOVL; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1991 — July 1992 (11 months)
Software Engineer

Sophco

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1991 — September 1991 (9 months)
Software Consultant

Independent Contracting

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

July 1986 — January 1991 (4 years 7 months)
Technology Director (as contractor)

Restaurant Runners

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

June 1988 — December 1990 (2 years 7 months)