I began working with computers in 1980--long before most people knew what computers were or how they would be able to help them in all aspects of their lives. At that time, I was learning to program, teaching myself how to make computers do what I wanted them to. Back then, there was no Windows. A "powerhouse" computer was likely to have 4K of RAM (that's 4 kilobytes) and no hard drive... and no floppy drive: a cassette recorder was how we did things.

Computers never left my life. Through junior high and high school, I was always to be found pounding a keyboard. Early on, I had a talent for programming and operating computers, and even then put my skills to work helping others. The biggest challenges came when someone would ask me, "Can you do such and such?" Having no experience with such and such, I'd promptly set out to learn how to do such and such, and thus add to my repertoire of skills.

It turned into quite a career. Today, I believe my greatest strengths are my ability to learn new computer- and technology-related things very quickly, and my ability to apply what I know to achieve fast and powerful solutions for my clients.

In 1996, after years of freelancing, I opened up shop on downtown Bangor's Stetson Building. My plan was simply to do computer maintenance: fixing, repairing, assembling, and troubleshooting. It wasn't that easy. "Can you do such and such?" was a constant question, and I always answered by learning it if I didn't know it. This way, I fell into Web site design, page layouts and full-scale desktop publishing, networking, and other tasks.

In 2001, I closed down the shop but have continued private technical consulting. While I sometimes work with private individuals, I focus primarily on business clients.