Jordan Gunderson

Current

• General Manager at Western Star
• Site Creator and Maintainer at ConnectBlogs.com
• Tech Contractor and Consultant (Sole Proprietorship)

• Director of Publicity at Utah Open Source
• Co-Founder and Trustee at Utah Valley Linux Users Group (UVLUG)

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Past

• Product Manager / Business Analyst at Overstock.com
• Marketing Director at SoftwareFor.org
• Events Director at DevUtah

• Linux System Administrator at Provo Labs
• Operations Manager at Castle Rock LLC
• LDS Missionary at Brazil Joao Pessoa Mission

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Education

• Utah Valley State College

Recommended

15 people have recommended Jordan

Connections

188 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog

Jordan Gunderson’s Summary

Business strategist and entrepreneur with strong technical skills and a penchant for internet business.

Jordan Gunderson’s Specialties:

Business: Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Consulting, Internet Marketing, E-Commerce, SEO, Project Management, Social Software, Blogging, Business Automation

Development and Infrastructure: C# Programming, Open Source, Linux, Mono, PostgreSQL, Database Design, Apache, Postfix, Mailman, Subversion, MediaWiki, WordPress

Languages: Fluent in Portuguese and conversational Spanish

Jordan Gunderson’s Experience

• General Manager

  Western Star

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Import and Export industry)

  May 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)

• Site Creator and Maintainer

  ConnectBlogs.com

  (Non-Profit; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

  January 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  ConnectBlogs is a community website that aggregates posts from bloggers in the Utah tech and business communities.

• Tech Contractor and Consultant

  Sole Proprietorship

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)

• Director of Publicity

  Utah Open Source

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)

• Co-Founder and Trustee

  Utah Valley Linux Users Group (UVLUG)

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2004 — Present (4 years 6 months)

• Product Manager / Business Analyst

  Overstock.com

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; OSTK; Internet industry)

  September 2006 — May 2007 (9 months)

• Marketing Director

  SoftwareFor.org

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 10 months)

  Marketed "Software for Starving Students".

• Events Director

  DevUtah

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2005 — September 2006 (11 months)

  Planned and coordinated events. Setup website and advertised. Contacted speakers, etc.

• Linux System Administrator

  Provo Labs

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  December 2005 — August 2006 (9 months)

• Operations Manager

  Castle Rock LLC

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wholesale industry)

  July 2000 — December 2005 (5 years 6 months)

• LDS Missionary

  Brazil Joao Pessoa Mission

  (Non-Profit; Religious Institutions industry)

  July 1998 — July 2000 (2 years 1 month)

Jordan Gunderson’s Education

• Utah Valley State College

  BS in Business Management, Business, 2003 — 2005

  Graduated with Highest Honors

  Activities and Societies:

  Utah Valley Linux Users Group, Phi Beta Lambda Business Club, Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Society, BYU-Idaho Men's Choir

Additional Information

Jordan Gunderson’s Websites:

• My Blog

Jordan Gunderson’s Interests:

Music, Composition, Singing, Songwriting, Guitar, Sports, Rugby, Soccer, Volleyball, Reading, Math, Puzzles, Boardgames, Cooking, Gardening

Jordan Gunderson’s Groups:

Utah Valley Linux Users Group (UVLUG), Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF), Utah Open Source (UTOS), Utah PHP Users Group (UPHPU), DevUtah, Provo Linux Users Group (PLUG), BYU Unix Users Group (UUG), BDC of Provo

•    Provo Linux Users Group
•    Utah Open Source
•    Utah PHP Users Group
•    Web Startup Group

Jordan Gunderson’s Honors:

Graduated Magna Cum Laude
3rd Place in PBL National Competition for Database Design
1st Place in PBL Utah State Competition for Visual Basic

Jordan Gunderson’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch