About Us

About the Principals

Linda Keating has been involved in both the engineering and marketing aspects of the computer industry for over 30 years.  She has taught marketing classes at UC Santa Cruz extension program; been an invited speaker at the Inc Magazine High Tech Marketing Conference.  She was an ACT! Certified Consultant for twelve years (1994-2007).  Linda published several articles in the ACT! in Action newsletter and acted as technical reviewer for IDG's ACT! 4.0 for Dummies.   Linda has developed several add-on tools for ACT! which include the company's current offering Exporter.  Quoting a colleague "Linda is arguably responsible for more migrations away from ACT! than any other human." Prior to joining JL Technical Group in 1994, Linda was a Marketing Product and Program manager for Sony Microsystems and Zilog.  She has a BS in Mathematics and MBA in Management Science.

Lee Sauer has been a software developer for nearly forty years working with major Silicon Valley companies, major agencies in California State Government, and as an independent consultant.  Working with companies such as Westinghouse Learning Corporation, Ball Computer Products, Pacific Gas and Electric, Zilog, Acer Computers, and FDI as well as the California Department of Education, the California Bureau of Automotive Repair, and the California Air Resources Board, Lee has developed computer and database software to support an extraordinarily wide range of applications including standardized test scoring and reporting, document processing, bill payment processing, materials management and logistics, executive search, air quality, smog abatement, vehicle licensing and titling, electronic lien and title, and medical insurance enrollment.  He has given many classes in programming and software development for user groups and taught programming and database design theory for the University of California, Davis Extension Service.  He received a BS in Mathematical Sciences from Stanford University.

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