William Gersham Meharg

Current

• Architect, Developer and Founder at MovaFone Communications Inc. (Self-employed)
• Gunslinger Extraordinaire at E-Xact Transactions Inc.

Past

• Founder at Geekmail Inc.
• Co-Founder & CTO at eTunnels
• Product Manager at Telus Advanced Communications

• Director of Technology at Internet Direct
• Founder at Helix Internet

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Education

• Simon Fraser University

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

William Gersham Meharg’s Summary

I am a technologist. I follow technology development with a focus on the Internet. I understand trends and future directions of technology. I am most comfortable with setting and implementing a technology strategy for a small to medium technology company, architecting the systems, hiring and managing technical and product management staff.

William Gersham Meharg’s Specialties:

- Ruby on Rails web applications (REST)
- Java J2ME
- Other languages such as PHP and Python
- Security Knowledge
- Software and systems architecture
- UNIX/Linux (Ubuntu, OS X)
- Mobile technologies (WAP, WML, MMS, SMS, mobile handsets, etc)
- Payments Industry (Card processing, etc)
- Over 15 years of experience leading teams of geeks

William Gersham Meharg’s Experience

• Architect, Developer and Founder

  MovaFone Communications Inc. (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  June 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)

  Am responsible for software development and architecture as well as managing a small team of software developers for movamail.com and movamessenger.com, two J2ME based Mobile applications with a Ruby on Rails web services back-end.

• Gunslinger Extraordinaire

  E-Xact Transactions Inc.

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Banking industry)

  February 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)

  Currently building a remote Ruby on Rails development team for the company in Beijing, China. Initiated and managed the transition of the company from a .NET based infrastructure to a Ruby on Rails one. Have acted as the Security Officer for the company and managed its annual Visa PCI DSS Security audits as well as ensuring ongoing compliance.

• Founder

  Geekmail Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  November 2002 — May 2004 (1 year 7 months)

  I was founder, software architect and systems administrator for this small email company that grew out of our personal email server. As we added features, we got people asking to join and soon turned it in to a small business.

• Co-Founder & CTO

  eTunnels

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

  May 1999 — October 2002 (3 years 6 months)

  eTunnels was a software based VPN company that offered a VPN provisioning system to carriers. I was responsible for the systems architecture and management of a development team of 24 people.

• Product Manager

  Telus Advanced Communications

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)

  December 1997 — May 1999 (1 year 6 months)

  I was the senior product manager responsible for all Business Internet services. I introduced several key technologies to the marketplace including Managed Virtual Point of Presence (VPOP), Several Fiber Services, Teleworking (VPN) and Business & Wholesale ADSL services.

• Director of Technology

  Internet Direct

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

  June 1995 — December 1997 (2 years 7 months)

  I was responsible for the design, construction and management of this large Canadian ISP's network. I managed the associated technical team and reported to the CEO.

• Founder

  Helix Internet

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  January 1993 — June 1995 (2 years 6 months)

  I founded one of the first Internet Service Providers in Western Canada, Helix Internet. I was responsible for systems architecture and administration.

William Gersham Meharg’s Education

• Simon Fraser University

  BA , Geography, Geomorphology , 1989 — 2005

Additional Information

William Gersham Meharg’s Websites:

• My Website

William Gersham Meharg’s Interests:

Hapkido, World of Warcraft, Battlefield 2, all sorts of geeky things

William Gersham Meharg’s Groups:

Vancouverites

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