Scott founded West Arete Computing in 2005. He’s been programming and writing software for most of his life. He’s interested in finding the best ways to apply everyone’s skills to the problems that our clients face daily. Main goal: making custom software development predictable and profitable for our clients, while providing one of the best work environments anywhere.

Brittany works with our clients on the user experience of their websites. Her efforts make users’ and developers’ lives easier. She also contributes to the web development team. Brittany has a degree in Anthropology and her background ensures that all of our websites have a distinctly human feel.

You will find Eric working on the development team in his specialty of search engine optimization. He knows that all of our development efforts are for naught if no one shows up to a site. Eric is also serving an apprenticeship in order to further his software development skills so that he can contribute to our programming efforts in the future. He graduated from Penn State with a degree in Kinesiology.

Tom works to ensure an efficient flow of communication between staff members and our clients. He works with our developers to plan and schedule the team’s workload and keep clients updated on progress. If you call into the office, you will most likely be greeted by Tom on the other end of the line. He attended Penn State and worked as a manager of a retail business for several years.

Sally handles the financial and HR aspects of the business, which helps the rest of us focus on our clients and writing software. She has spent several years working in Financial Administration, General Accounting, and Auditing. She has a B.S. in Business from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Jeff is our system administrator. He develops our server infrastructure, responds to problems, and generally keeps things running smoothly so we can focus on our work. Scott has worked with Jeff for over 10 years, and he’s still one of the best system administrators that we know.