IT business owner Jacob Ohlson may have started his working life with a job at Hungry Jacks, but his passion for technology has fuelled the remarkable growth of his internet technology company.

Now with 50 staff across four cities, Jacob drives the ambitious goal of international expansion, and it all stems from the love he developed for computer technology after receiving a Commodore 64 computer on his tenth birthday. It was a life compass as well as a motherboard. His inquisitive mind and the machine’s hard drive combined to teach him the value of pure fun with this new technology, and he learned to reformat the computer setup sequence after deleting it all, many times over!

Curiosity, and a developing penchant for all things technological, steered Jacob into an undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Monash University. In his first year he worked part-time for computer hardware manufacturer and wholesaler Alloy Computer Products (ACP), refining his knowledge about computing and networks. He began to notice that Alloy’s new products for business were selling, but computer support and product training were conspicuously lacking in the market. 

He stepped in; confident he had the capabilities to fill the gap he’d identified, and began a hobby business out of his parents’ garage.

With just one, then two customers – both still with him today – he steadily grew the business from part-time hobby into an enterprise which has just received internationally-recognised certification to elevate his professional standing in the industry globally, The business has expanded interstate and into New Zealand.

Jacob makes sure he tends to his staff to keep them on the pulse and happily engaged in the business. He looks after his customers in the same manner. His mantra is “I can only sell what I truly believe will work; products and services which are robust, and reliable, and will meet the customers’ expectations for their business requirements. Without that, I don’t want to sell.”

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