ATLANTIC BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES - Key Persons
Annie earned her Master's in User Experience Design from Kent State University. She is passionate about delivering user-friendly and intuitive websites and applications for all, including those with disabilities. In her free time, Annie enjoys making movies with her nieces and nephews, oil painting, and podcasting.
Austin has lived in four different states now for pretty decent portions of my life, first Kentucky, then Florida, Ohio, and now Chandler, Arizona. Austin graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science. He loves reading, writing, gaming, shows like Criminal Minds, and all the logic that goes into making them. His family is his priority, especially when it comes to trying to make sure his little brother has an easier time figuring out what he wants to do in college than he did.
As a small child growing up in Salisbury, NC, Chris knew he was destined for greatness. He spent his college years at the best university, NC State. His hobbies include travel, night crawlers, and hating on OTB.
Chris Silva is a Cloud Support Engineer, drawing on a career that spans Linux administration and technical training, cloud‑focused content creation, and enterprise Adobe Commerce support. His background equips him to design and maintain resilient and efficient cloud environments for clients of all sizes. A lifelong learner, Chris currently holds four AWS certifications, one Microsoft certification, a bachelor's degree in Information Technology, and an Advanced Software‑Development certificate. Away from work, he relaxes by painting Warhammer 40K miniatures, honing skills in playing guitar and bass, and playing video games with his most recent gaming endeavor being speed‑running raids in World of Warcraft Classic.
Originally from Tallahassee, Florida, Connor got his B.S. in Mathematics from Florida State University (go Noles) and promptly moved to North Carolina in pursuit of the comforting icy chill of The North (he was sorely mistaken). He learned web development online and got his first job as a developer (that's where ABT comes in) in 2022. In his free time, he likes to indulge in graduate mathematics texts, immerse in French, and read fiction. He also climbs out of his hobbit-hole every once in a while to do "Fun Outdoor Things" and "Interact With People," per the insistence of his wife.
Job Titles:
- Senior .NET Developer
- Senior .NET Developer, Team Lead
Dave started his career in web development in 2005 at Mediatwo Interactive. During his time there he helped businesses, both B2B and B2C, by developing digital assets to meet business goals. He made a transition to AtlanticBT in 2012 and is now focused on front end development for the internal marketing team. In his time away from the laptop, he is most likely out biking the local greenways, mountain biking, downhill biking, or snowboarding with friends and family.
Doug is a NC native where he currently lives with his wife Laura. Doug is the IT Manager at Atlantic BT where he fights cybercrime like a boss. He also enjoys phishing. In his downtime, Doug likes participating in ham radio (his call sign is K1DUG), visiting museums, and testing the limits of home automation.
Transplants from New Jersey, Eric and his wife now live in Greensboro, NC, where they are doing their best to raise their twin daughters to be Formula 1 fans. On weekends not dominated by an F1 Grand Prix, Eric enjoys Japanese language practice, building gunpla, and playing Into The Breach or Hades (which he believes are both examples of the Platonic ideal of video games). He also enjoys reading, fiddling with his 3D printer, and introducing his toddlers to Pokemon along with his wife, who is arguably the real Pokemon expert in the house these days.
Gabrielle earned her bachelor's degree in Software Development and Security with a minor in Gerontology from the University of Maryland Global Campus. She was born and raised in a small town in southern California and she enjoys spending time with her kids, helping seniors, and cracking down on some code for hours on end. If she doesn't know something, she will find the time and effort to learn it. When in doubt, she asks Google like any other sane person.
Born and raised in Texas, Jimmie has received degrees from both Texas State Technical College-Waco and Midwestern State University. He has over 12 years experience in I.T. He had previously worked as a government contractor and for a Fortune 500 company before joining AtlanticBT. He lives with his wife, Vanessa; and his four children: D., Elijah, Millie, and Laia.
Currently VP of Operations, Jon has held a variety of roles during his tenure at ABT including software developer, project manager, and application architect. He earned an MBA in 2016 with a focus in decision analytics. Jon's focus is in improving the company's software development lifecycle and internal processes.
Job Titles:
- Senior Front End Developer
From Cary, North Carolina, Kevin got his start in web development when he was a kid by creating websites for Team Fortress Classic clans, as well as, making sketchy geocities pages that leaked the results of pro wrestling matches before they aired on TV. Kevin has a background in studio art and an affinity for logic puzzles, which has allowed for a natural progression and passion for creating user interfaces in his current role as a front-end developer.
When he's not coding, he likes drumming, trivia, and smoking the meats!
Originally from Redmond Washington Kevin currently lives in Charlottesville Virginia. He's also spent time living in Bend Oregon, Brooklyn New York, Barre Massachusetts, and multiple places in Arizona.
He likes to hike with his family on the weekend (whether they want to or not) and cleans bathrooms on Saturday (whether he wants to or not).
He's worked as a developer for 11 years and loved/hated/loved/hated every minute of it.
Liza earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but that's just the start of her story. She grew up on a super cool hobby farm, just an hour north of Milwaukee, where she had all sorts of animals like ducks, goats, bunnies, peacocks, turkeys, cats, dogs, and even pigs!
When she's not busy being an animal whisperer, Liza loves to watch new horror movies and explore the great outdoors by hiking. Oh, and did we mention that Liza is absolutely nuts about plants? She has 152 of them and counting! She's even dreaming of owning her own plant store someday.
Matt started his technology career at a particle physics lab, changing his perspective on both science and technology. He was responsible for keeping the data clean and sensors running. This experience gave him an appreciation for the particles that make up everything around us and how little we truly know about them.
Fast forward to his current role, where he enjoys deconstructing software and systems problems into their atomic pieces and contemplating the ramifications of building them back in different ways to find the optimal results. Personally, Matt enjoys fishing with his kids, playing a little golf, exploring NC beaches and trails, and live music.
Omar is a Cloud Support Engineer at Atlantic BT, responsible for deployments, pipelines, site reliability, and various DevOps tasks. He enjoys programming, learning new programming languages, and automating processes. In his spare time, he likes playing PC games.
Born and raised in Mumbai India, Ria studied Financial accounting (bachelor's) and Business management (master's) in college. In addition to taking various computer courses, she also took the Montessori teacher training course. She has worked in various roles at different companies including home loans operations, a call center, Montessori teacher, computer software trainer, software developer, and the coordinator of the robotics club at her son's elementary school.
Originally from Dallas, Texas, now living in Washington, DC Scott has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of North Texas. He is a big fan of the outdoors and has a big orange cat named Lieutenant Dan who you will likely hear meowing loudly on calls!
Job Titles:
- Digital Project Management, Manager
Shoshana graduated from the University of Hartford, Art School with honors in Visual Communication Design and moved to NC over 12 years go. She brings over a decade of experience working with digital marketing agencies wearing many hats which contributed towards the growth of the companies and clients success. Her passion resides in digital project management with the motto that success is only achieved by those that surround you.
In her spare time Shoshana enjoys spending time with friends, family and keeping up with her lively young daughter. Her favorite activities include local Art events, hiking, crafting, and trying new restaurants.
Yolanda's start in software began in college when she was asked to fill an empty interview slot for an IBM internship. She got the internship, changed her major and has been in the industry ever since.
During her career Yolanda has worked for companies such as IBM, AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Emergency Technologies and Nortel Networks. She has held positions as a Software Developer, System Architect, Quality Assurance Analyst and Quality Assurance Manager. Her goal is to always provide the highest level of quality for our clients.