Rob Calvert | President and Founder

Building on a background in production management and customer service for the publishing and prepress industries, Rob has over 12 years’ worth of experience working with creative and IT professionals in Southern California.

• He holds multiple certifications, including:
  • Apple Certified System Administrator - 10.4
  • Apple Certified Technical Coordinator - 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5
  • Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist - 10.3 and 10.4
  • Apple Certified Support Professional - 10.5
    
  • Apple Certified Xsan Administrator
  • NetVault Administrator
  • Daylite Certified Premier Partner
  • Kerio Certified Technical Professional
  • Microsoft Certified Partner
• He has taught classes at the national MacWorld Conference & Expo and throughout the greater Los Angeles area in partnership with the Apple Retail Stores.
• He is chapter coadvisor of the Apple Consultants Network Los Angeles-Metro Area Chapter and regularly provides training to the local consultant community.
• He has been a guest speaker at various Southern California business technology and user groups, giving lectures on such topics as the utilization of Macs in business, business system virtualization and system automation.
• He is a member of the steering committee of ConNextLA, a group of technical and business professionals serving the Los Angeles business community.
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Royce Gawron | Consultant

Royce has over 10 years experience as a Production Artist doing Advertising for Home Video and Real Estate.  This experience has given him a thorough working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Quark Express. It has also given him a solid understanding of font management solutions as well as an understanding of color management solutions.

• He was tutor in Photoshop and Illustrator.
• He is a member of Apple Consultants Network.
• He is an Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist - 10.3 and 10.4.
• He is an Apple Certified Support Professional - 10.5.
• He has a love of Unix and a thorough knowledge of the command line and shell scripting.
• He possesses an incredible reserve of patience and the ability to describe difficult computer problems using common words that anyone can understand.

Zach McGrath | Consultant

Zach has over 10 years of field experience supporting both Windows and Apple computers in educational and professional environments on both the server and desktop level. He started working in IT as an after-school job and quite literally grew up with Macs.

• He is an Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist - 10.4.
• He is an Apple Certified Support Professional - 10.5.
• He is a member of the Apple Consultants Network.
• He is experienced with developing and maintaining our wiki and blog software of choice, Atlassian's Confluence.
• He is interested in using free and open source software to increase efficiency, save money and encourage open standards.
• He enjoys augmenting home theatre systems by adding Macs into the mix.