March 4, 2015
W Seattle
1112 Fourth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
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Shelley A. Watson, Wheelwrights LLC
Since 1997, Shelley has run her own Apple consulting firm. Currently she is the Managing Partner at Wheelwrights, an Apple-focused technology consulting company. Shelley has worked on curriculum development teams for Apple, been an Apple Certified Trainer, and is an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator for 10.8. She is a long time member of the Apple Consultants Network, previously serving on the Advisory Council. Shelley also participates in Northwest Mac Pros, an organization of consultants, trainers and developers specializing in Apple Mac OS X and iOS systems.
Neil Ticktin, MacTech Magazine
Neil not only plays host for all MacTech events, but aids the session chairs for all MacTech events (over 60 events since 2010). Neil has been the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of MacTech Magazine since 1992. With both a technical and business background, Neil has authored hundreds of articles including most of MacTech’s well known benchmarking articles on productivity applications, virtualization, and performance products.
Chris Dawe, Wheelwrights, LLC
Born and raised in Texas, Chris studied history at the University of Chicago before getting sidetracked into the world of Apple, networking, and IT. A member of the Seattle consulting community since 1999 and Principal Systems Engineer for Wheelwrights since 2007, Chris provides planning, solutions, support, and training for a variety of business and education customers in Western Washington. In his off hours, Chris can be found mucking about in the kitchen, usually with sharp knives and unseemly amounts of butter.
Chris Tarnowieckyi, Tarny Network Consulting and Training
Chris “Tarny” Tarnowieckyi is the author of six Mac OS X video training tutorials available from O’Reilly Media, Inc, formerly InfiniteSkills. He is the CEO, principle instructor, and janitor for Tarny, Inc an Apple Authorized Training Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is also a member of the Apple Consultants Network. Tarny earned a MS in Engineering Management and BS in Computer Science from what was then called the University of Missouri – Rolla. He is an Apple Certified Trainer, Apple Certified System Administrator, Apple Certified Technical Coordinator and Apple Certified Support Professional. In addition to his Mac interest, Chris Tarnowieckyi is a volunteer leader with a Boy Scout Troop. He has been awarded the “District Award of Merit” and graduated from the adult training Wood Badge leadership course. When not working on Mac servers, computers or networks he can be often found camping or hiking. Chris’ daughter and son are both working toward earning degrees in mechanical engineering and his wife is a very successful and talented mechanical engineer. When something mechanical breaks, he knows who to call.
David Ball, Command Prompt
David Ball is a Senior Consultant and co-owner at Command Prompt, which can be found in balmy Santa Barbara. He’s made a career out of supporting the Mac in business environments since 1995 after realizing that the only way to make a small fortune in working in the radio production industry is to start with a large one. In the last 19 years he’s worked with Fortune 500 companies (although, admittedly, not many of the really cool ones) and enjoyed all the inherent pleasures of supporting multiple desktop environments in an organization that consisted chiefly of very angry people who would fly all over the world and leave all their chargers, adaptors, and occasionally their devices in undisclosed locations. Thankfully, he now gets to work with a broad range of clients in the medical, industrial and creative fields who usually stay in one place. Recently he’s started working with iPad point of sale solutions in restaurant environments. Mostly this is because of all the free food.
Kirk Godtfredsen, KKHE Consulting
Kirk has over 25 years of Mac related IT experience – from StarControllers and 3270 emulation over Token Ring to WPA, Active Directory and iPhones, he’s had to integrate it. He spent 13 years at Apple as a systems engineer and trainer (before the stock splits – natch). For the last 12 years he has provided IT support to small biz, K-12 and higher-education, and also spends time helping out @ BusyMac, the makers of BusyCal and BusyContacts. He has been involved with mobile computing since its inception, working on the first email client for the first internet-based phone w/AT&T Wireless. When he isn’t working, he’s biking and hiking.
Vanessa White
Vanessa White is a lifelong Mac geek who has done everything from end user support to client systems and server administration. She has worked in higher ed, small business, enterprise, and general public facing settings, supporting users and customers from all walks of life. She’s a lifelong resident of Portland, OR and can be found spreading chaotic awesome energy throughout the geek community there.
Chris Dawe, Wheelwrights, LLC
Born and raised in Texas, Chris studied history at the University of Chicago before getting sidetracked into the world of Apple, networking, and IT. A member of the Seattle consulting community since 1999 and Principal Systems Engineer for Wheelwrights since 2007, Chris provides planning, solutions, support, and training for a variety of business and education customers in Western Washington. In his off hours, Chris can be found mucking about in the kitchen, usually with sharp knives and unseemly amounts of butter.
Allen Hancock, Watchman Monitoring, Inc.
Allen Hancock received his Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education at the University of Missouri – Columbia. This background in education keeps him coming back to MacTech. In 2000, Allen started the Mac Consulting Group, Inc: an Apple Specialist and Authorized Training Center based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. There, he found his thrill in helping clients make the most of their computing experiences. In 2012, Allen sold the Mac Consulting Group to The Orchard, where he continues to do what he loves most: help make happy customers. Over the course of his career, he met too many people as they suffered a failing hard drive without a current backup. As a means of preventing such loss, Allen founded Watchman Monitoring, Inc. Its namesake product is a Software as a Service tool which allows service providers to address such problems before it’s too late.
Jack-Daniyel Strong, Strong Solutions
Jack-Daniyel Strong is the President of J-D Strong Consulting, Inc. and Strong Solutions. As a member of the Apple Consultants Network, J-D Strong Consulting grew from a one-man consultancy to Strong Solutions, an Apple Authorized Reseller and Service Provider for the Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho area. Strong Solutions’ sole focus is on Mac OS and iOS solutions for Small and Medium Business. When Jack isn’t coming up with Apple related solutions, he is heavily involved in helping to revitalize the surrounding community, serving as President of the Spokane Neighborhood Business Centers, Past-President of the East Spokane Business Associations, and as a member of the Greater Spokane Small Business Council. And, in his free time he sneaks in some golf and white water rafting.
Jonathan Spiva, 74bit, Inc.
Specializing in Apple products, Jonathan Spiva has spent years working for technology support companies up and down the West Coast. While his passion with clients has always been primarily with OS X, he also has expertise managing Windows and Linux infrastructures. Jonathan considers himself a very forward looking technologist focusing on best of breed and modern solutions over more traditional options. Jonathan currently holds many Apple certifications including current Apple Certified Technical Coordinator (ACTC) & Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP). He is also a Certified Casper Administrator (CCA), Casper Mobile Administrator (CMA), Certified JSS Administrator (CJA) and Certified Casper Expert (CCE), for JAMF Software’s Casper Suite.
Bobby Toledo, Microsoft
Bobby was first introduced to Apple in 2007 where he worked in Apple retail for 6.5 years. As a market facilitator, Bobby led trainings and in-store development for hundreds of employees in multiple stores. In 2013, Bobby transitioned to a Danish wireless speaker company as the North American Western Regional Sales Manager where he refined his sales and business acumen skills. Now, as a Microsoft Master Trainer, Bobby brings his passion for training and technology to showcase the power of Microsoft products and services.