J. Gryphon Shafer
Founder, Guru-in-Chief
Gryphon is an entrepreneur and multi-decade veteran of the information technology industry. Before forming Golden Guru, he worked for companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Whitepages, AT&T, Discovery Channel, and Classmates, leading and managing some of the brightest and most gifted technology teams and departments around, developing and maintaining some of the most performance-intensive services on the web. Gryphon has contributed to various open-source efforts over the years and is the current maintainer of freely-distributed CPAN Perl modules and Sourceforge.net applications. Gryphon studied theatre, film, and business at Seattle Pacific University. He holds a Master of Arts in Theology (MCT) and a Master of Arts in Counseling (MSC), and he is working toward completing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. Gryphon is a leading member of the Seattle Perl Users Group (SPUG), a lifetime member of Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity, and a resident member of the Rainier Club in Seattle. When not leading Golden Guru, Gryphon enjoys chess, sailing, bicycling, following the financial markets, writing, teaching, translation, and studying the art of making great coffee.
Additional Information and Links
To learn more about J. Gryphon Shafer, visit:
- Personal Home Page: http://gryphonshafer.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gryphonshafer
Contact Information
- Email: gryphon@goldenguru.com
- Telephone: 206.406.7579
- Skype: gryphon.shafer
- AIM: ShaferGryphon
- ICQ: 63254641
- YIM: GryphonShafer
- MSNIM: gryphonshafer@hotmail.com
- Jabber: GryphonShafer@jabber.org
- GoogleTalk: gryphon.shafer@gmail.com
- PGP ID: CBE9C7F0
