Bio

Mayur Jobanputra is a Simon Fraser University Business Degree graduate, Technology blogger, Tweeter, Life coach and mentor, Investigative Journalist, and Web Designer for hire based in Vancouver, Canada. With more than 20 years experience working with computers, and 10+ years experience in the field as an IT Professional, there isn’t a technology Mayur hasn’t seen or can’t figure out in short time.  His passion lies in teaching and consulting in Marketing both online and offline.

Currently, Mayur is a full-time freelancer for hire and has many client’s he provides web and graphic design services to.  Mayur’s writing has also appeared on notables blogs like ReadWriteWeb. In addition to blogging and freelance design services, Mayur enjoys learning about Search Engine Optimization, EBook Marketing, and Small Business Entrepreneurship.  Public Speaking and Educating Others is something Mayur loves and he takes every opportunity he can to coach his clients on the Fundamentals of Marketing.

History

Mayur’s background in Technology, Computers, and Web Design has as a long and colourful history

• 1990 – got his first computer, a 286 PC
• 1994 – provided computer consulting services while still studying for his Business degree (see attached thumbnail)
• 1996 – graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Business degree
• 1997 – Full time Bookkeeper and Consultant for local dental clinic
• 1998 – Quality Assurance Analyst with GTE Enterprise Solutions and BC Tel Mobility
• 1999 – Web Developer and Business Marketing Manager for local startup, Digital Video Broadcast Systems, where he also co-wrote a patent application on video streaming
• 1999 – Earned a Bachelor of Technology degree from BCIT
• 2000 – Web developer for MacMillan Bloedel where he developed an in-house Content Management System
• 2001/2002 – Buildmaster and Release Engineer for Fincentric Corporation where he learned about large-scale banking web sites, web farms, release engineering and more
• 2002/2005 – Self-employed as a Freelance designer, developer, and online marketing freelancer through redprimary.com
• 2006/2008 – Release Engineer for Intrawest in the Advance Sales Team where he learned about VMWare Virtualization, and managed a large testing lab of 40+ servers.
• 2009 – Consultant and Freelance writer for hire through fullmotiongroup.com and this blog
• 2009 – Launched UgandaStory.com to search for my roots
• 2009 – Launched LifeMasterClass.com to mentor and coach others on improving their life

New and Notable

• November 2009 – Speaking at SFU about How to effectively Price and Market your Consulting Services
• October 2009 – Launched UgandaStory.com to search for my roots
• October 2009 – Launched LifeMasterClass.com to mentor and coach others on improving their life

Skills and Abilities

Web Marketing, Development, and Infrastructure

• Content Management Systems, Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, Sharepoint
• Programming in HTML, Javascript, CSS, PHP, ASP, CGI and much more
• Complete IIS management expertise including setting up web servers, sites, and large web farms
• MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server support and installation expertise
• Project Management with Basecamp, and Projectlocker

Design and Branding Tools

• Design with Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, Namo Webeditor, and much more

Networking Infrastructure

• F5 BigIP firewalls, DHCP, DNS, LAN/WAN Security, Network installations and deployment, Microsoft Active Directory deployment

Release Engineering and Build Management

• QA Deployment and scheduling, Production Triage support, nAnt and Installshield, Subversion, ESX Virtual Center, Test Track Pro, ASP.NET, MSSQL, Windows 2003
• Installer expertise with Wise Installer, Macromedia Installshield
• TestTrack Pro bug management software and more.

Large Scale Enterprise Technology Systems

• Microsoft Datacenter, Microsoft Operations Manager, Web farms, Enterprise Datacenters
• Microsoft SQL Server support and installation expertise
• ESX Virtual Center and VMWare

Contact

Personal Correspondence to mayur at fullmotiongroup dot com or phone 604-787-9993

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