Sean Kreps, Tech Tips Columnist, IT Coordinator & owner of ComputerGiant Consulting, began his computing experience at the age of 6 on a Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, upgraded to an Amiga 1000 in 1985 and has been learning the ins and outs of every computer platform since.
After graduating from Virginia Tech with a BS in Accounting Information Systems he began his tech career during the dot-com boom as a Java Software Engineer at Quansoo. Thankfully his position focused on building web sites and client consulting and not locking himself in an office to program until the crack of dawn. After most of the Java engineers left to form their own company Sean was tasked with figuring out how the pieces of the code fit together, compiling the code into installation CDs and transferring this knowledge to the new engineers who arrived. This can do attitude and roll-up your sleeves work ethic is a great example of his character today.
As an IT/Business consultant who specializes in website redesign, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) he recently turned around a struggling ecommerce firm with $2 million in annual revenues that was costing the owner $100k/mo. This turnaround was structured so that the business became profitable in less than 6 months and more than tripled its revenue to $7 million in just over 2 years.
Other work experience includes being the Chief Technology Officer of All Florida Realty Services where he engineered and implemented new technology plan for the company. As the sole IT person for a 9 office, 250 person company he did a forklift upgrade of 100 computers & 10 servers and set them up on a W2K3 AD domain via a VPN mesh network. In addition to the IT/networking aspects he was also responsible for building out their website and marketing it via SEO/SEM.
With almost three decades of computing experience Sean lends his knowledge to small and mid-sized businesses in need of honest, professional and expert advice via his business ComputerGiant Consulting, Inc., (561) 801-7575.
