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- Our Certifications
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SeedMuse technical capabilities extend through all mainstream platforms and operating systems. Our own offices sport happily networked Wintel, Macintosh, and Linux machines, using the most current operating system and application environments.
Our ensemble members continually upgrade and expand their formal certifications. Collectively, they have been fully certified and field proven in these technologies:
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Linux |
Red Hat, Mandrake, and Slackware |
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Novell |
3.12, 4.11, and 5.0 |
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Unix |
NCR, 5.4, 3.0, IBM AIX, and SCO UNIX |
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Cisco |
CCNA (pending) |
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- Business Ensemble
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Julie C. Stock, CEO and President
Julie brings to SeedMuse more than two decades of experience in founding and managing successful businesses. As chief business strategist, she specializes in assessing and creating strategic plans for future growth and expansion, both for start-ups and for established firms. Julie also is a source of vision for our clients, particularly in developing sound exit strategies.
Previously, Julie co-founded and served as CEO of InGenius Technologies, Inc., a firm specializing in change monitoring and intelligence gathering which was acquired by EoExchange in 1999. At EoExchange, she managed the development of change monitoring services, and served as Chief Evangelist for that technology. For several years prior to that, Julie was Chief Operations Officer for Michigan-based SSG Laserworks (now Secant Technologies), where she led a reorganization of the entire firm and founded several profitable new divisions.
Julie has made a number of presentations before assemblies of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals. Her vision for the future of change monitoring technology has been featured in many publications, including:
Competia, October, 2000: Monitoring the Web Will Never be the Same
Office.com, October, 2000: Spy Masters: Keeping Tabs on the Competition
Society for Competitive Intelligence, June, 2000: Applying Web Monitoring to CI
Searcher Magazine, February, 1999: Interview: Julie Stock of InGenius Technologies
Information Today, January, 1999: InGenius Technologies Launches NetBrief
Julie has received a number of awards for her work, including the State of Michigan Small Business Development Center Service Award and Communicator of the Year from Women in Communications.
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- Technology Ensemble
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Jeffery L. Boes, Director of Software Development
Jeff has over twenty years' experience in programming and database design and system administration, building on his Master's in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh. He was the project lead of software engineering teams for major projects at Fortune 500 corporations, including Whirlpool, Packard Bell, Zenith Data Systems, and Lear Siegler. Jeff was responsible for a major design upgrade to SQL databases at several of these companies.
Jeff leads review of database strategies, and as appropriate, recommends solutions to SeedMuse clients. Jeff also provides vision and technical direction for database and programming projects.
Brian McWilliams, Interface Designer
Brian has worked creatively with computers for over fourteen years. As a software engineer at SPX Corporation, Brian focused his efforts on programming automobile emissions reduction software. Later, with The Edge Design, he designed and programmed web sites integrated with e-commerce and database components using dynamic elements such as JavaScript, CSS Stylesheets, animation, and CGI scripts written in C, PERL, and PHP.
Brian produced the powerful, intuitive interface for Nexcerpt, and a host of administrative tools for day-to-day management of both Nexcerpt and Exfacto. He works with Seedmuse and other agencies throughout the region.
Aaron Smith, Network Director
Aaron's expertise covers design, configuration and maintenance of internal and external networks, as well as technical security. He has managed and implemented technical standards from the earliest tools of the Internet to the most advanced networks of today. Aaron was the first employee at Netlink Systems, a Michigan ISP which was sold to Voyager.net and subsequently taken public. Aaron's role as Manager of the Technical Support division of Voyager included installation and administration of routers, servers, workstations, and telecommunications for dial-in points of presence throughout Michigan. Upon joining InGenius/EoExchange, he dramatically expanded the stability and capacity of the company's services.
Aaron's efforts focus on assessing, recommending, and designing networks and Internet security systems for SeedMuse clients nationally. Aaron also directs installation, configuration, and maintenance of Linux-based solution networks, workstations, and servers for our regional clients. Aaron is in the process of completing a CCNA Certification (Cisco Certified Network Associate) for Cisco Systems.
Gary E. Stock, CTO and Technical Compass
Gary has programmed and lived with computers for nearly thirty years. In the early 1980's, he installed and trained users on IBM PC XT and Apple Macintosh systems, both within months of market introduction. He received his Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Kalamazoo College.
Gary has experience as a Systems and Programming Analyst with The Upjohn Company, creating database applications for critical business functions, and verifying system design for computerized production facilities. Previously, as Special Projects Cryptanalyst with the National Security Agency, Gary provided design and programming support for a variety of statistical modeling and communications analyses. His experience at NSA included daily use of the most powerful, codeword-classified technology on the planet.
As CTO of InGenius, Gary presented at Infonortics Search Engine Conference, Boston; Information Today National Online Meeting, New York; and Conference of the Association for Global Strategic Intelligence, The Hague. Also, the BBC, Austrian Broadcasting Company, and CNN Tech Chat have interviewed him regarding InGenius' EgoSurf service, and methods for internet privacy protection. Most recently, Stock has spoken on the culture and intrigue of a compelling web search style he calls "Googlewhacking." Feature reports by USA Today, Next@CNN, and Reuters were echoed in major dailies worldwide, as well as web, broadcast, and print venues in over a dozen languages.
With SeedMuse, Gary provides comparative analysis of technology options, translation of technical jargon into layman's terms, and guidance for technology roadmaps for our clients.
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