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 Rhode Island Secretary of State’s office to record our new company name. Then it was off to the bank to open a business checking account, and voila – NetCenergy was born.
Over the next 18 months, we worked out of our homes – Dan in his basement office, me in an office above my garage, and Peter hosting our first company meetings at his dining room table. It’s fun to recall those early days. NetCenergy was founded because Dan, Peter, and I felt we had a better way to provide IT services to small and mid-sized businesses and organizations. Our business has continued to evolve as the industry has changed over the last several years, and today we provide a comprehensive managed service program to ensure that your IT systems are safe and stable.
Our custom-built layered approach solution, eNCompass, is the latest result of the last fourteen years of IT services evolution. For more information about eNCompass, please browse our website. But do it soon…because time has a way of flying by!
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.
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.