About Us

Company Profile
JL Technical Group was founded in 1988.  We create tools to help sales staff and marketing professionals manage information.  Our solutions and consulting/training practices are based on the ACT! contact manager.

Providing a Solution

We have found that the ACT! contact management software provides an, "open", extendable, cost effective solution for most small to mid-sized businesses and workgroups within larger organizations. We began building add-on products for ACT! in 1996 and have continued to specialize in creating products to enhance the functionality of ACT!

About the Principals

Jack. Keating has over twenty-five years experience within the computer industry in sales, marketing, and technical support. His primary focus is establishing sales teams and strategies for developing companies. He has several years of direct sales experiences in the Major Account and OEM areas.  He was the Director of Sales for Olicom, one of the largest suppliers of Token Ring products. He held the position of Vice President of Marketing and Sales at ICOT Corporation and has also has held senior management positions at Reply Corporation, Network Equipment Technologies, and Wyse Technology

Linda Keating has been involved in both the engineering and marketing aspects of the computer industry for over 20 years.  She has taught marketing classes at UC Santa Cruz extension program; been an invited speaker at the Inc Magazine High Tech Marketing Conference; published several articles in the ACT! in Action newsletter; acted as technical reviewer for IDG's ACT! 4.0 for Dummies and has been an ACT! Certified Consultant since June, 1994.  Prior to joining JL Technical Group in 1995, Linda was a Marketing Product and Program manager for Sony Microsystems and Zilog.  She has a BS in Mathematics and MBA in Management Science.