Who is The Guru?

Tom Peracchio has a long and diversified career in technology. Tom began public speaking and writing on telecommunications and its role in business long before the internet was widely used used by small business.

Starting with military communications in 1976, technology has been his profession as well as his passion over the years.

Exploring PC telecommunications and its role in business long before the internet was widely used led to public speaking and writing on both business and technology issues.

Back in 1990, Tom wrote his first article for a regional business journal on integrating technology into the average business. The article on Computerized Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) explained how the average business could use this technology as a system of information gathering and storage, as a tool for customer service.

Through teaching, and use of many professional websites tom has helped small business people integrate technology into their lives and business on a limited budget.

Over a ten year period was a part time community college instructor at two different campuses of Delaware Tech, as well as Wor-Wic (Salisbury, MD), with a very high percentage of repeat students who were eager to take follow up courses.

In his current position as a technology professional in the health care industry, Tom faces the next wave of challenges with a complex mix of business and technology issues.
 

Specialties:

Experience in teaching others in technology field.

As a educator of technology, starting as trainer in the Army National Guard, then as a community college instructor, and now as a webmaster and freelance writer, Tom has developed a knack of putting complex topics into simple terms, as he likes to call it, geek speak for the common man.

Tom has helped many small business people integrate technology into their business on a limited budget.

Tom's goal as a writer and educator is to share his experiences with a wide variety of technology users to help you use technology smarter to make your life easier.

 ... The world is moving so fast that there are days when the person who says it can't be done is interrupted by the person who is doing it.