Partners in service
Beard & Associates, Inc. retains partners, not employees, that aid us to provide the most accurate and sophisticated support possible. We have years of experience and a vast amount of resources at our disposal.
Chris Beard, Senior Director
Possessing years over 10 years of advanced IT experience, Chris Beard is poised for any advanced project. Specializing in designing, installing, and maintaining complex enterprise solutions. Mr. Beard has enjoined himself in creating and implementing hundreds of projects including the following:
ISP -
Web30A.com -
Mr. Beard and Mr. Chimento (below) partnered in creating a successful
ISP providing hundreds of daily connections and hosting thousands of
websites.
Wide Area Network for Warnaco, Inc. in New York and Atlanta -
Mr. Beard implemented a WAN for Warnaco (Atlanta) that included
some of the first teleconferencing technology. With 200+ users, Mr.
Beard and other team members created a network that functioned well and and
maintained impeccable uptime.
Bay
Elementary / Walton County School District - Florida -
Assisted in creating both a Novell "Wide Area Network" and one of the
first point-to-point wireless solutions in the state of Florida.
Installed and managed complex educational software along with the
implementation of "Kids in Technology" program where Mr. Beard taught
children how to fix day-to-day classroom technology issues.
Walton
County Sheriff's Office - Florida
Assisted in maintaining the WCSO's WAN along with helping to
implement "in car" police technology whereby enabling Deputies access to
necessary information while on patrol. In addition to his
technological duties, Mr. Beard was an active Deputy and Chief Helicopter
Pilot for the Sheriff's Office.
Dentrix®
- Dental Solutions - Large and Small
For the last several years, Mr. Beard has emerged himself in
the Dental multi-practice enterprise solution industry. Utilizing his
vast knowledge of SQL, Dentrix, Windows Server, and Citrix, Mr. Beard has
created solutions just for the Dental industry. The Dental Enterprise
Network is Mr. Beard's forte and his preference in clients are Dentist (both
large and small practices). Mr. Beard has a great working relationship
with Dentrix, Citrix, Dell, and various Telco companies which greatly
benefit his clients. He prides himself on effective negotiation and
always remains vendor neutral when consulting clients on potential
purchases. Mr. Beard and Beard & Associates, Inc. does not make it a
practice to resell hardware to clients; rather, they negotiate the best
possible price and pass the savings directly to the client. Mr. Beard
has founded his company on a, "no contract," "labor only" partnership with
clients. Our server uptime is unprecedented!
Patrick Chimento, Network Engineer
With over 13 years of advanced IT experience ranging from ISP's to the most advance wide area networking/server solutions around, Patrick Chimento is one of our best and most desired consultants. Mr. Chimento has an overwhelming amount of experience with high-end routers, Windows Server, and other systems management operations. Mr. Chimento fully understands the need for redundancy and is a master in "lost data retrieval."
Vickie Beard, Network Engineer
With over 5 years of networking and software experience, Vickie Beard is among the top female engineers in the Southeast. Mrs. Beard is flawless in administrating and maintaining Dentrix Enterprise® applications. Additionally, she has vast experience in SQL, Windows Server, and Citrix applications.
Aurel Vladu, Programmer
Our sole and best programmer designing and implementing some of the most complex database solutions in use today. Efficiently working with his team to solve problems and achieve results with superior "end products." Let our team design and create your next web (database) development.