“Tastes great! Less filling!” That 1987 advertising campaign condensed the advantages of Miller Lite beer down to four short words. If I had to choose just four words to define the advantages of Information Technology (IT), I’d say “Automating Processes. Securing Data.” With all of the talk about hacking and data breaches, data security is …
In the October 6-12, 2017 issue of the Providence Business News, Eli Sherman wrote a well-researched piece on outsourcing titled “Outsourcing helps keep businesses competitive, but is it hurting job growth?” Let’s explore that question. A business has two options when it comes to staffing its company: either hire the talent with W-2 employees or …
Here we go again, another major breach of private data. This time possibly impacting 40% of the people in the US. Someone, or perhaps several someones, may now have my name, Social Security number, birth date, address, credit card numbers and possibly my driver’s license number; and yours too. What to do now? The …
According to Symantec SMB, 50% of SMBs admit to having no backup and disaster recovery plan in place. 41% of those surveyed confessed that they had never even given much thought to implementing a disaster recovery or business continuity plan. If you are one of them, then you really need to think about whether you …
You hear it all the time: ”where did the time go?” or “it seems like only yesterday…”. Lately, I can truly relate to those sentiments. Fourteen years ago, on August 12, 2003, Dan Charland, Peter Nelson and I decided to start NetCenergy. Following several months of careful excogitating, we took a quick trip to the …
Back in the day, IT security was the job of a computer tech. Whether that resource worked directly for your company or was an outsourced person, one thing was for certain; it was not each users’ job. It is evident today, based on almost daily news stories, that data security is being breached with regularity. …
When I first started providing microcomputers to businesses in 1980 (we didn’t call them PC’s until 1982), upgrades and security patches weren’t considered that important. Now that we are all connected via the Internet, security patches are critically important to protect your organizations’ data. No event has driven that point home more than the recent …
Nick Eckman joined NetCenergy in 2016 from an international gaming company. Nick’s experience with supervising and implementing secure, fiber and copper wire infrastructure services provides our clients with a team of highly trained and experienced technicians. In addition to the skills required to manage our infrastructure services department, Nick brings a very experienced and focused approach to project management and is a stickler for accurate documentation for every project designed and built by his team.
Peter Lachapelle joined NetCenergy in 2015 and is responsible for leading all of NetCenergy’s operations and accounting functions. Each department within NetCenergy reports through Lachapelle. He brings his years of experience to maintain a pragmatic, efficient, client-focused team at NetCenergy. Lachapelle joined NetCenergy after completing a 27-year career with a Rhode Island, federally-charted bank which culminated in his senior management position as COO and CFO for the bank.
Peter Nelson has 25+ years of technology and management experience and has been with NetCenergy since inception. Peter serves as the VP of Engineering at NetCenergy. His role consists of managing the engineering staff, driving the companies technology strategy, and ensuring NetCenergy keeps up to date on new technologies and solutions.
As a Founding Partner, Dan is a result oriented individual who is always focusing on what is best for his client. He understands that business applications empower an organization and that technology must support those critical business applications. Dan’s technology career started in 1990 at EMC Corporation. Through the years, he has represented technology and consulting services for several organizations until 2003, when he and Don Nokes founded NetCenergy.
As President of NetCenergy, Don is responsible for ensuring client satisfaction, overseeing overall performance, and for providing direction to the organization. Prior to co-founding the firm with Dan Charland, Don held senior leadership positions with IT service firms ranging in size from $3 Billion to $10 Million in annual sales.
Nokes serves on the boards of the Rhode Island Business Group on Health, Renew Energy Initiative, the Corporate Board of Blue Cross Blue Shield of RI, the Lt Governor’s Small Business Advocacy Council, Representative Langevin’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee and the RI Joint Cyber Task Force.
With decades of hands-on HR experience, Margery Ahearn is our Director of Human Resources, overseeing all hiring of new positions for NetCenergy with a careful eye on sourcing technology savvy engineers and skilled office-based professionals who fit our company culture, understand our commitment to our clients, and bring their time and talents to our team. Margery has both a BA and MBA in Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University.