EKWG: Meet Our Engineers

Jason R. Kretzer

Jason R. Kretzer, a native of Van Lear, Kentucky, lived in eastern Kentucky until the age of 20. After graduating from Johnson Central, Jason attended Morehead State and later Harding University where he earned a BA in Chemistry Education with certification to teach high school. He then moved to northern Kentucky to seek more education at Northern Kentucky University where he earned a BS and MSCS in Computer Science. Being concerned with the so-called "brain drain" in eastern Kentucky and wanting to raise his children in an area with strong family values, Jason returned to eastern Kentucky to become the webmaster at Big Sandy Community and Technical College. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time at the "home place" with his family.

Qualifications:

• BA Chemistry Education
• BS Computer Science
• MSCS Computer Science

• Chemist
• Systems Support Technician
• Software Engineer
• Information Systems Consultant
• Webmaster

• Project Management
• Desktop Applications: Installers, Games, Inventory Applications
• Web Applications: marketing, registration, inventory, and reservation applications as well as education and general websites
• Database Administration: Design, Deploy, and Administer Access, MS-SQL Server, and MySQL
• Network Infrastructure: Securing, Administering, and implementing business-wide networks
• Technology Training: web technologies, office software, security recommendations
• Computer Security: published security education researcher
• Linux and Windows Server technologies

Jonathan Picklesimer

Jonathan Picklesimer has been involved in the e-commerce revolution since 1995. He is a 1989 graduate of Johnson Central High School. He started working with computers and writing software to relieve the tedium of his elementary school math homework. His first project as a computer professional was writing a billing database for a medical firm in Paintsville. Since that time, he has coauthored websites, built computer and telephone networks, written software, managed Unix and Windows servers, developed and managed budgets, served as a project manager, and taught the Information Technology "magic" to people of all ages and skill levels.

His current interests are in electronic processes - finding ways for information systems to model time intensive, routine processes that occur in business every day. Many companies are using Internet transactions to manage their supply chain, find customers, purchase office supplies, and all manner of digital transactions. How can your company benefit from these e-processes?

Jonathan has earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mathematics. He has worked as a university professor and an information technology system manager for the last 12 years. His experiences have led him through home networks to LANs with several thousand users and home-grown information systems to multimillion dollars enterprise resource planning systems.

Jonathan can manage Unix operating systems, all Windows operating systems, Microsoft Technologies, and any network device that you may need. He has vast experience in project management and developing new ways of doing business using the computer. If you are looking for ways to improve your ROI on your IT investment, Jonathan is the guy to talk to.