Our Staff

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Bobby Bailey - Managing Partner,
Systems Engineer

Bobby's computer career began in at the age of 10. Back in 1988 his parents, Joe and Ruth bought him his first computer, a 386SX 16 MHz with 1 meg of ram and a 40 meg hard drive. Quickly learning the basics he progressed to being able to doing more complex work.

After getting rejected for jobs at Domino's Pizza and Valu-Mart, he gained employment at the age of 16 at Smith Barney. There, he handled a broker's customer database and ran the mail and phone based marketing campaigns. This IT centric job gave him the guidance and first taste of what was to be his lifelong vocation.

After graduation from St. Xavier in 1996 he matriculated at the University of Louisville and pledged Beta Theta Pi. His years at the university gave him the tools to begin a life of leadership and being an entrepreneur. Bobby graduated from U of L in 2001 with a BS concentrated in Finance with minors in International Business and French.

In the years preceding the foundation of Louisville Geek he worked under the tutelage of one of his fraternity brothers learning the ins and outs of running a business.

All the efforts and lessons learned manifested his destiny on September 1, 2004, a few days before his 26th birthday, with the formal creation of Louisville Geek. Literally, he and Patrick started the business with nothing but the desire to work hard and a few good ideas.

In years following, Louisville Geek has grown to be one of the city's premier providers of commercial and residential IT services. Having grown from a team of 2 to 10 and having revenues in excess of 1,000,000 annually, Louisville Geek has shown that hard work and customer focus are the core elements to success.

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Rob Diehl - Computer Engineer, Residential Support Specialist

Rob Diehl is a Louisville native with an interest in computers dating back to childhood with the Apple II. His interests in computers and technology has persisted through adolescence and into adulthood. Rob went to high school in the Math/Science/Technology program at Manual High School and graduated from Purdue in 2002 with a degree in Computer Engineering. After several years of freelancing in the I.T. field, Rob joined on with Louisville Geek in the spring of 2005.

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Erik Eckel - Managing Partner, Systems Engineer

Erik Eckel earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisville and completed Sullivan College's Microsoft Engineer program. He holds Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and CompTIA Network+ certifications. He's worked with computers and Internet technologies for 15 years and has written and edited best-selling computer books for such publishers as Coriolis, O'Reilly and TechRepublic. In early 2006 he opened Louisville's first worldwide computer support franchises, which he merged with Louisville Geek in August 2009. He is now a managing partner with Louisville Geek, which dedicates itself to providing first-class computer sales and service to small businesses, home office operators and residential computer users.

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Patrick Mann - Managing Partner

Patrick is a graduate from the University of Alabama with a degree in advertising, and a double minor in English and psychology. A native of Louisville Kentucky, he moved down south and embraced the culture, as he became a member of ADFED (a national advertising federation), Dateline Alabama Advertising Team, and rush chairman for Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He returned home upon graduation, and headed up the sales and marketing department for a small business in town, and quickly generated over 1/3 of the company's total sales. An entrepreneur at heart he was introduced to Bobby Bailey, the current IT manager of the business, and began breeding a concept for an outsourced IT service. In 2004 the dream became a reality, and the ambitious two partners spawned Louisville Geek, LLC, a full service IT consulting firm. The natural exuberance, attention to detail, and communication abilities he exhibits, enables him to decipher the wants and needs of any client.

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Joseph Sloan - Systems Administrator

Joe Sloan is a proven information technology veteran, having amassed some 18 years of real-world field experience. Over the course of almost two decades Joe has honed expertise with Windows servers, desktop computers of all makes and models, myriad network systems and technologies and a wide range of business applications, programs and utilities. He enjoys the challenges the IT field presents. His knowledge, work ethic and tenacity position him well to solve small business technology issues. Combine his strong sense of teamwork and collaboration and he's an incredibly valuable asset. In addition to being a dedicated member of the Louisville Geek family, Joe is a dedicated husband and father. His core beliefs in his faith, country and family keep him grounded in today's hectic workplace and the ever-changing technology field.

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Keith Yaeger - Computer Engineer, Support Specialist

Coming from humble beginnings in Eastern Kentucky, Mr. Yaeger has risen to the challenge of providing exceptional consulting time and time again. Having recently graduated from Bellarmine University with a B.S. in Computer Engineering, he also has shown that his talents extend not only into the workplace, but also the academic world.

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Jack Wallen, Jr.

It's been a long and wonderful journey for Jack to reclaim his geek roots. During this journey Jack accomplished and enjoyed a variety of careers and experiences. At any given point Jack was a professional actor (had you been in New York at the right time, you could have seen him on Broadway in the musical "The Great Gilly Hopkins"), a writer (look for his books on Amazon.com), a hair stylist, or a teacher. During those years Jack developed a skill for all things geek and began a wonderful relationship with the Linux operating system. This relationship brought another career to Jack – technical writing (look for his writings on techrepublic.com, linux.com, and ghacks.net). At the precise moment of first contact with the Linux command line Jack "GNU" he was a "Gnerd". To that end,
if [ ! Jack = nerd ] then echo Jack >> Louisville Geek.

So now Jack is a Louisville Geek and proud of it! And if you ask his wife (the ever-sexy Stephanie) she will emphatically agree.

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Jim Wells - Certified Intuit Advisor

Jim Wells is a Certified QuickBooks® ProAdvisor in Intuit's Solution Provider program that has acquired expertise in several of Intuit's financial product lines such as QuickBooks Financial, Point of Sale, and Enterprise Software. Jim also has over 20 years of experience in accounting since graduating with an accounting and MBA degree from the University of Louisville. After working two years in public accounting for Deloitte & Touche, he spent the next eight in the private sector as a Controller for a distributor of a multi-national corporation. Not completely satisfied with big business, Jim wanted to work with small business owners just starting out with their dream.

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Joe Conrad, Computer Engineer

Joe's technological interest was piqued in 1999 when he discovered the world of video games. In order to achieve the best hardware system for optimal game play, Joe began building PC's. From there, Joe's interest in computers escalated. As a student in Trinity High's class of 2005, Joe volunteered with the school's network administrator in order to pursue his newfound passion. It didn't take long for him to figure out that working with computers was what he wanted to do for his career. With that in mind, he enrolled at Purdue University and began studying to become an IT professional. Joe graduated in 2010 with a BS in Information Technology and returned to his hometown to be close to his family. When Joe began working for Louisville Geek he knew he had landed his dream job: working for an IT company that caters to everyone on a personal level.

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Adam Knecht, Computer Engineer

Coming soon...

Adam's passion for technology sparked when he was very young from when he first began tweaking, dismantling, and formatting his own family member's PCs. Throughout middle school and high school he worked with his school and school district's tech helpdesk to provide IT support, and to serve as mentor for younger children who wished to become involved within technology. At sixteen Adam landed his first job as the IT Manger for a local company which provided many valuable hands on learning experiences. Adam continues to pursue his passion for technology at Louisville Geek and knows that this experience will be one that will serve him for a life time and will be an unforgettable experience. Adam is attending the University Of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering where he is pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science\Computer Engineering.

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Shaun Wilson - Videographer, Web Designer

Shaun's experience ranges from shooting and producing music videos, historical documentaries and nationally syndicated television shows to TV commercials, infomercials, video images for the web and DVDs for corporate promotion and/or training. His productions have been seen on national television networks and channels such as A&E, The History Channel, ESPN Stations, Fox Sports, Fuel and the Discovery Channel. Shaun is a highly accomplished cameraman, editor and producer, with years of experience and a proven track record of excellence.

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