Rob Calvert | President & Founder

Building on a background in production management and customer service for the publishing and prepress industries, Rob has over 13 years’ worth of experience working with creative and IT professionals in Southern California.

• He holds multiple certifications, including:
  • Apple Certified System Administrator – 10.4, 10.6
  • Apple Certified Technical Coordinator – 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6
  • Apple Certified Support Professional – 10.5 and 10.6
  • Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist – 10.3 and 10.4
  • Apple Certified Xsan Administrator
  • NetVault Administrator
  • Daylite Certified Premier Partner
  • Kerio Certified Technical Professional
  • Microsoft Certified Partner
• He has taught classes at the national MacWorld Conference & Expo as well as throughout the greater Los Angeles area in partnership with the Apple Retail Stores.
• He is chapter coadvisor of the Apple Consultants Network Los Angeles-Metro Area Chapter and regularly provides training to the local consultant community.
• He has been a guest speaker at various Southern California business technology and user groups, giving lectures on such topics as the utilization of Macs in business, business system virtualization and system automation.
• He is a member of the steering committee of ConNextLA, a group of technical and business professionals serving the Los Angeles business community.
• View his LinkedIn profile.

Royce Gawron | Consultant

Royce has over 10 years experience as a Production Artist in Advertising for Home Video and Real Estate.  This experience has given him a thorough working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Quark Express. It has also given him a solid understanding of font management solutions as well as an understanding of color management solutions.

• He is an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator – 10.6
• He is an Apple Certified Support Professional – 10.5. and 10.6
• He is an Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist – 10.3 and 10.4
• He is a member of Apple Consultants Network.
• He was a tutor in Photoshop and Illustrator.
• He has a love of Unix and a thorough knowledge of the command line and shell scripting.
• He possesses an incredible reserve of patience and the ability to describe difficult computer problems using common words that anyone can understand.

Zach McGrath | Consultant

Zach has over 10 years of field experience supporting both Windows and Apple computers in educational and professional environments on both the server and desktop level. He started working in IT as an after-school job and quite literally grew up with Macs.

• He is an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator – 10.6
• He is an Apple Certified Support Professional – 10.5. and 10.6
• He is an Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist – 10.4.
• He is a member of the Apple Consultants Network.
• He is experienced with developing and maintaining our wiki and blog software of choice, Atlassian’s Confluence.
• He is interested in using free and open source software to increase efficiency, save money and encourage open standards.
• He enjoys augmenting home theatre systems by adding Macs into the mix.

Phil Jones | Help Desk / Operations Assistant

Phil has over four years of experience supporting Apple computers in both Canada and the United States. He studied computer programming but transitioned to hardware- and software-level support which is now his passion.

• He is an Apple Certified Specialist in Mac OSX Security & Mobility – 10.6
• He is an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator – 10.6
• He is an Apple Certified Mac Technician – 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6.
• He is an Apple Certified Support Professional – 10.6.
• He was an Apple Genius for three and a half years.
• He is capable of grasping difficult technical concepts and is able to relay that information in a manner that is easy to understand.
• He has an extensive background in customer relations and truly enjoys working with people.