Kiss the Organizational Chart Goodbye
We begin here at the beginning, with the founders. But our entire team works collaboratively, flexibly, or even autonomously, and with mutual respect. Your Spheric Team will be precisely the right person—or mix of people—to make great things happen at your company. We skip the office politics and hierarchies and dive in to Get. Your. Work. Done.
Jon Reid
CEO / Director of e-Business
Credentials:
- Memorial University of Newfoundland, Fine Arts
- Graduated first in class from Internet Application Developer program – College of the North Atlantic
- Awarded the President's Medal for Outstanding Achievement
Job Description:Jonathan oversees all business operations at Spheric. He's a certified Aqualogic consultant, analytics specialist, trainer, and senior developer in all Portal components. While studying Fine Arts in University, Jonathan's Art History professor recommended a career in architecture. That motivation and his love of technology turned Jonathan on to a career in software. He saw the opportunity to apply his creativity and his business experience to software architecture.
Skills/Specialities:Plumtree/ALUI portal, application development(C# / VB .Net, & Java), CRM administration and integration(InfusionSoft, Salesforce), database normalization/migration(MS-SQL, MySQL, Oracle), business analysis, project management, CSS, XHTML, XML, Java, .Net, JavaScript.
Rockin' To:Large Americanos, iPhone 3G, aquarium design, Armani Bros. in Pittsburgh, crowd sketching in strange cities, podcasts – DiggNation, Marketing over Coffee, books – Robert Heinlein, Jack Canfield, Ray Bradbury, Chet Holmes.
Gets Things Done:Spheric log book, multiple calendars integrated in iCal/iPhone, time boxing, filtered Mac Mail folders, Allen's GTD.
Andrew Foster
Co-Founder / Community Manager / Portal Consultant
Credentials:
- BSc. with a Major in Computer Science & Mathematics from the University of Newfoundland
- Consultant for Procter & Gamble, CGI, Yale, AT&T, BEA and many more
- Awarded the President's Medal for Outstanding Achievement
Job Description:Andrew’s role as community manager is to help build and maintain the Spheric culture, internally and externally. He’s a certified Aqualogic consultant, publisher specialist, trainer, and senior developer in all Portal components. As a co-founder of the company he is also involved in helping planning for the future
Skills/Specialities:.Net Framework (ASP, C#, VB), Java, C, MS SQL, Oracle, MySQL, Javascript, PHP, Shell, Unix, Window, Mac
Rockin' To:Van Halen (preferably with David Lee Roth), anything with Jeep on it, all things Robert Kiyosaki, diggnation, TechCrunch, Al Pacino movies, lots of popcorn
Gets Things Done:Spheric log book, Basecamp, Tim Ferris lifestyle tips