George Rosenthal, President  

Family:  Wife, Jackie, and puppy, Chole

Hobbies:  Golf, rollerblading and exercising.

Best Halloween Costume You Had as a Kid:  Batman!

What Did You Do Before ThrottleNet:  I was involved with printing sales, and worked as a Web developer at World Wide Technology.

What Led You to Found ThrottleNet:  I have a true passion to deliver the highest quality of technology and personal service to small and medium companies that previously only large companies could afford.

What Would You Like Others to Know About ThrottleNet:  I have never been so proud to be surrounded by such a wonderfully talented and dedicated group of people. The ThrottleNet team's entire focus is ensuring the uptime and reliability of our clients' technological infrastructure.

Favorite Tech Tip or Trick:  I consistenly tell everyone that a minimum of a weekly backup of your hard drive is required to ensure you do not lose any important data. It is only a matter of time until your hard drive will fail. The difference between a small inconvenience vs. catastrophe will be the backup.     

 Family:  Wife, Jamie, and daughters Caitlin (3) and Grace (2 months old).

Hobbies:  Computers, computer games and now golf.

Best Halloween Costume You Had as Kid:  Vampire costume with light-up eyes.

What Did You Do Before ThrottleNet:  Worked at Best Buy as a PC technician. I loved that job because of how much it taught me about dealing with so many different problems. I also got my first taste of making a tech department profitable and efficient.

What Led You to Found ThrottleNet:  I'm not actually one of the founders, but I'm driven by a desire to be the best IT company in St. Louis. We really fill a niche for small and medium businesses, and we do so far more effectively than our competitors. We are also extremely agile and able to work on any IT solution that ever comes our way. That is why I'm honored to be the CEO of ThrottleNet.

What Would You Like Others to Know About ThrottleNet:  We are the most approachable computer folks you will ever meet. We can talk shop with the best of them, and we can be very down to Earth.

Favorite Tech Tip or Trick:  Window key + D minimizes all your icons and puts you back on the desktop. I've seen people literally stare in awe at the power of the Window key. Hit it again, and BANG! Everything is back again. It's far easier than minimizing everything.

Marc Arbesman, Director of Development

Family:  Wife, Emily, and son, Edward.

Hobbies:  Video games, rock climbing, music and running (but not in that order!).

Best Halloween Costume You Had as a Kid:  Sam I Am from Green Eggs and Ham.

What Did You Do Before ThrottleNet:  I was a software developer for World Wide Technologies.

What Led You to Found ThrottleNet:  My first experience in IT after college made me feel that there was a void between the technology stakeholders and technology creators. I would be in meetings where non-technical managers would stare blankly at software developers. The techs could not relate the value of IT to the people taht needed it to generate more business. There was a lot of lost opportunity, inappropriate conflicts and general resentment. IT was during the early 2000s before the IT bubble burst. IT was the hottest commodity around. The developers ran the show and did not care what the business side had to do to keep them employed. As a result, the managers were marginalized. I felt that there was no need for elitism in the tech world. And we built ThrottleNet around this core value. Education is a huge part of our process in working wiht our clients. It may take more time and patience, but it has made our customers very loyal and our business thrives because of it.

What Would You Like Others to Know About ThrottleNet:  About the quality of our people. We employ some of the smartest and most dedicated people in the industry. Our staff members never cease to surprise me with creative ideas and innovations in our processes. Being an owner, you think sometimes if you want to get the job done right, do it yourself. The people at ThrottleNet frequently prove this idea wrong. I have the honor of working with some of the best people I have ever met.

Favorite Tech Tip or Trick:  Using a USB thumb drive installed with a live Linux distribution to boot a PC to a totally different operating system. I've used this to bak up files on a system with a corrupted Windows installation. It's useful and really cool that you can fit an entire operating system on a USB thumb drive.