Affordable Computing
Northwest Background
Affordable Computing
Northwest is based in Beaverton, Oregon. We provide
computer, consulting, and IT architecture services
in the Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington
metropolitan area. We originally worked as system
engineers and technical consultants for large,
established computer and network companies, serving
as troubleshooters for their major accounts
worldwide. We have been independently providing
services in the Portland area since 2002. In 2009 we
made the decision to pool our talents and come
together as a single company. Our goal is to provide
the same computer and network technical expertise to
small businesses and residences that is available to
large companies … but at an affordable price.
We want you to know what to
expect when utilizing our services - so here are
some of the things we don’t do: We don’t subject our
clients to young kids, without formal training, who
end up gaining their experience at your cost. We
don’t send kids, whose technical expertise is
limited to fixing the PC in their bedroom, to solve
your serious real-world issues. We don’t pay our
techs minimum wage, and then demand they “sell up”
once on-site. We don’t send you to an overseas 800
number to speak to a rookie reading from a script.
This is what you do get with Affordable
Computing Northwest: honest, experienced professionals who have
resolved thousands of technical issues, and are committed to solving
your problem to your satisfaction. Our experience includes analysis,
design, implementation, deployment, troubleshooting and repair, and
cuts across both hardware and software including computers
(desktops, laptops, servers, and peripherals) networks (wired,
wireless, routers, firewalls, security), and software (operating
systems, web services, databases, and applications). We have
created a proud legacy of customer satisfaction.
Affordable Computing Northwest is an
eco-friendly company that is committed to our community. We
participate in Oregon's recycling program for electronic equipment,
Oregon E-Cycles (this is where your old parts go). In our spare
time we salvage parts and pieces of the dead systems and laptops
that you leave with us, rebuild them, and contribute them to
children and families who could not otherwise afford a computer.
We would appreciate the opportunity to prove
that we are worthy of being your trusted advisors. Give us the
chance. We guarantee you won't regret it.
Steve Jumonville, Founder and Principle Architect
Steve began his career as an Electronics
Engineer at Tektronix. He designed computers and computer based
electronics-measurement systems, including the hardware and software
to run these systems (operating systems, drivers, databases, and
applications programs). Steve was also the Program Manager
responsible for a $100M project to design and develop engineering
workstations (computers for engineers), which included the process
of porting Unix, C, relational databases, and
peripherals to the newly designed computers. In his last position at
Tektronix, Steve managed a team that designed and deployed a
client/server based manufacturing automation system consisting of
over a hundred networked systems that were driven from, and reported
to, a central database.
Steve then moved to Hewlett-Packard as a senior technical consultant
advising HP’s major accounts on the architecture and deployment of
thousands of client/server based systems at each of their sites. During
this time, Steve was a sought after technical resource who HP deployed
to advise their top 50 accounts worldwide. As the industry matured,
Steve correctly forecast that the major cause of IT bottlenecks would
shift from computing power to network performance
and security. Because of his insight, he shifted his focus to
advancing networking technologies, and was instrumental in driving
the development and deployment of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, and switched networks (as opposed to
routed networks).
At this point Steve was recruited as a technologist by the number
two network vendor, 3Com Networks. At 3Com, Steve had primary
responsibility for advising their top 50 worldwide accounts on
network architecture. As an internationally recognized computing,
and networking technologist, Steve was in demand as an advisor and
guest speaker to major corporations, universities and governments.
He addressed audiences of up to 2,000 attendees at technology
conferences in 28 countries.
During this period, Steve drove the
development and deployment of the technology that allowed the
Internet to be deployed to homes and businesses worldwide. As a
result we now have 10/100/1000 Ethernet switches, and multimedia
over the network, in every business and almost every home that is
connected to the Internet. During his time at HP and 3Com, Steve
continued to reside in his hometown of Portland, Oregon while
spending 95% of his time traveling to their most strategically
important clients.
Before leaving corporate life behind, Steve worked for Motorola, where he was responsible for
establishing their web based marketing systems, as well as their
customer, partner, and university programs.
When Steve finally grew lonely for the beauty of the Northwest, he joined several of
his top level colleagues and began doing independent IT consulting in
the Portland area. With troubleshooting in his blood, a love for
working with people one-on-one, a broad range of experience, and a
large group of satisfied customers, Steve formally founded
Affordable Computing Northwest in 2009, with the goal of bringing
world-class computer services to people who could otherwise not
afford it.
Proud of being a lifelong resident of Portland
and the Great Northwest, Steve now resides in
Beaverton, Oregon, where he is a member of Southwest Bible Church.
Feel free to contact Steve anytime at
stevejum@affordablecomputingnw.com
Steve Jumonville, Press Releases
Over the years, Steve Jumonville
has contributed to many technical articles, had his work
cited in books, and been the subject of numerous press
interviews. In that vein, here are a few pieces of
memorabilia from Steve
Jumonville's past ...
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