Jayson Minard

Current

• 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
• Director, Special Projects at StarBase (acquired by Borland)
• Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at OpenAvenue
• 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

14 people have recommended Jayson

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• Full Resume
• MindHeap Technology
• Zend Developer Zone

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

• CTO and Software Architect for Hire

  MindHeap Technology

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

  January 2006 — Present (2 years 7 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)

• Director, Special Projects

  StarBase (acquired by Borland)

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

  January 1999 — December 2000 (2 years)

• Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

  OpenAvenue

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; 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)

Jayson Minard’s Education

• Academy of Health Science, Ft. Sam Houston

  91A/B and EMT-B (NREMT), Emergency Medical Technician, 1989 — 1990

Additional Information

Jayson Minard’s Websites:

• Full Resume
• MindHeap Technology
• Zend Developer Zone

Jayson Minard’s Groups:

Integration Consortium

•    Agile Project Management member
•    ALT.Net member
•    Chief Technology Officer Exchange member

Jayson Minard’s Contact Settings

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