Control Freaks was founded in February 2002, We are currently running 5 employees, along with a great Board of Advisors, and some of the best ex-employees you'll ever meet. (see below)

Funding

Control Freaks is a privately held company.

Martin Bass is a Seasoned IT specialist, with over 16 years of hands-on experience in PCs, Windows (from 3.0 through XP and all the flavors in-between), and DOS. He has extensive applications experience, and an uncanny knowledge of computer hardware, peripherals, networks and internetworking. He spent 10 years in the UK running a business selling computers to journalists as owner/ partner, so has developed infinite patience with users. Put simply - he is our Head Geek.

Coleen Gurske
Office & Operations Manager

Coleen Gurske has over 30 years of high tech experience with Tektronix, Mentor Graphics, Sequent, and Symantec. At Control Freaks, Coleen is the Operations manager overseeing the day to day activities focusing on streamlining our processes for the best customer service and cost effective operations as possible.

Matt Pomozal
In-House Computer Technician

Matt is the person you trust your PC to when you drop it off at our office. He is the one that sits tirelessly in the back-office and fights with viruses, spyware and dying hard drives all day.

Will Lipscombe
Senior On-Site Technician

Will’s first computer was an “Altech” brand desktop which he purchased right after graduation from Associated Technical College in L.A. where he graduated top of his class of fifteen students in 1988. Computer, printer and network maintenance is more then just a career for Will it is his life long passion and hobby. Aspiring to always learn more and grow in this exciting field Will has numerous Certifications from Compaq, Hewlett Packard and CompTIA. Currently A+ certified and soon to be MCSE Will strives to answer all of your Computer needs.

Stephen Rogers
Co-Founder & Business Advisor

Stephen Rogers is Vice President of Technology and Operations for LRS Solutions, Inc., which produces ValuWaste®, a hardware/software product and set of management processes that help commercial kitchen operators minimize pre-consumer food waste and thereby increase profitability. His extensive experience working in a consulting services model was a key part of the original vision that led to co-founding Control Freaks with Martin Bass. He helped develop the Control Freaks brand, service offerings, and business strategy, and continues today as a board director, supporting the company's growth and development

Mary Beth
Business Advisor

Mary Beth Rogers is Vice President of Operations for MTI (Merchandising Technologies, Inc), which provide interactive consumer electronics merchandising solutions for the world’s largest retailers. She has extensive experience working for major high technology companies (Hewlett-Packard, Cray Research, InFocus) in various Operations capacities including Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain, Project Management, Engineering Services, and Customer Service. Mary Beth serves as an advisor for Control Freaks, serving in her areas of expertise and special interests including Operations Management, Strategic Planning and Business Information reporting and analysis.

Susan Johnson
Contractor & Ex-employee

Sue Johnson has over 20 years experience in business systems management with local Oregon companies including Tektrionx, Sequent, Mr. Formal and Wordsmith Advertising Agency. Sue is a very experienced FileMaker Pro programmer providing training and developing solutions for small business and workgroup information management. Sue specializes in streamlining our processes for the best customer service and cost effective operations possible.

Michael Dorn
Contractor

Mike’s first computer was a TI99 in 1980 (with a whopping 3MHz CPU clock speed). He’s owned every generation of Intel CPU since the 8086, and is a current participant of the Intel R & D “Chip Loaner Program”. He has over 5 years of corporate networking and computer support experience with both Novell and Microsoft server products. He is a Certified Netware Engineer (CNE), Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Comptia A+ Certified Technician. Mike considers fixing and troubleshooting computers and networks his hobby more than his occupation.

Our cheerful Computer Geek was designed by Don Wallace of Wallace Creative, Inc., and embodies what we feel are our most marketable traits. Our friendly service and know how, along with our geekish ways of ever loving technology and tech toys. Our Geek eats, sleeps and breathes in the technical world of Computers. His expertise enables him to uniquely identify and fix all your computer problems and make suggestions to help improve your computing environment.