VTC Presenters/Speakers

Joe Melfi

Strategic Technical Marketing Engineer Joe is experienced in the Internet of Things, the Cloud, Networking, Industrial Automation, Home Automation, and Semiconductor solutions. He has also been a college instructor and technical trainer. Melfi is a mobile warrior, tech enthusiast and DIY builder who utilizes Single Board Computers, Home Automation, Surveillance, Peripherals, Storage, VoIP, Multimedia, Communications,…

Bill Hobbs

Member, Modesto PC Users Group Bill is an analyst/programmer/operator, striving to become fully retired. He let the US Air Force train him to repair and program computers back in the days of TTL circuitry, punch cards, and 9-track tapes. Bill now mostly works on what he refers to as “steam-powered” computer systems: IBM 360/370, FORTRAN,…

Kathy Jacobs

President, Pasco Area Computer User Group In addition to being a past president of APCUG, Kathy is a former OneNote and PowerPoint MVP. As a continuation of her MVP work, she is now on the advisory board for the MVP Reconnect program. Outside of her volunteer work, Kathy is known to be able to break…

Ron Brown

Ron would like to be known as a retired technologist. His career started as a Flight Surgeon and, after leaving the military, he started a family practice. PC’s were just being produced and Microsoft Windows was going to integrate everything. Ron wanted an electronic office and bought interest in a start-up software company in Calgary…

Toby Scott

Toby served as CIPCUG’s president from 1997 – 1999 and is now a Lifetime Member. He is the user group’s Technical Advisor, designed their website and is co-Webmaster. Their pre-meeting SIG has become a general Q&A session; generally, Toby answers the questions and Michael Shalkey handles the computer duties. The questions and answers are published…

Dennis Rex

Representing the Southern California Linux Expo is Dennis Rex, a member of the SCALE public relations committee for more than a decade and an Open Source Software supporter for even longer. Always happy to share his Linux experience with others, he has often presented to user groups and conferences on the merits of Open Source…

Ray Baxter

Ray Baxter, Coordinator, Payson Computer Meet-Up Club; APCUG President and Treasurer Ray’s first introduction to personal computers came with a Radio Shack purchase in 1986, and it has been a constant learning experience since then looking to stay current with the changes in technology. He first joined APCUG as the Region 9 Advisor in 2013….