About Me

About Me – a brief Bio

My name is Michael Van Ert, my company is 612359 B.C. Ltd (catchy, isn’t it?) and I’m known as ‘The Computer Guy’. How’d I pick the name? I didn’t, my clients picked it for me. In the beginning I’d go to my clients home and knock on the door and invariably the door would be answered by the person who called me and they’d ask “Are you The Computer Guy?”. I figured my clients knew best and if they thought I was ‘The Computer Guy’ who was I to argue? I’ve been ‘The Computer Guy!’ since 1995.

I have built, repaired and upgraded thousands and thousands of computers from the original IBM XT 8088 based cpu to today’s Intel i7’s. I repair desktops, laptops and the new netbooks, all makes, all models. I’ve repaired a few Mac’s, too, along the way but mainly PC’s.

I am self-taught for the most part. Others may have an innate ability to play a musical instrument or are great with math, with me it is computers. They make sense to me, they challenge me and I enjoy repairing them.

Over the years I have been certified and trained by Microsoft and I am currently aligned with them, Intel and AMD in one way or another, spending at least 15% of my time keeping up with the technology and the products that continually change and evolve. It seems the average lifespan of a computer product is about 3-6 months so you can see it is a challenge to keep up. I’m not going to tell you I am able to keep up with every innovation, that’s just not possible, however, I do take the time to at least know of all these innovations and I focus on the ones most likely to affect the average user.

I live in Surrey, B.C., Canada, a city that borders the U.S. on the west coast. I am married to Pat, have two children and two grandchildren. I am registered as a Microsoft Partner and am a TechNet member.  Call me for details at 778-987-6148 or send me an email mike@mvanert.com . Oh, and I don't speak 'geek', only plain English.

Michael Van Ert