The staff here at Geek Easy are all obviously geeks. We take pride in our work, and are constantly improving and striving to maintain our knowledge of our given fields. Not only are we a team, but as we’ve worked together for years, we complement each other well, and are often involved in each others tasks. Having multiple sets of eyes and minds to tackle the more difficult jobs is what makes it easy for us Geeks. You’ll quite often find us enjoying coffee and company together at our favorite coffee shops after hours as well. Enough about us, now its learn a little bit about what makes each of us tick.

Silvano Vanegas,

Co-Owner and Project Manager

Silvano started his computer education as a young child. Spending many hours at the library providing free support and training on computers when they were first being implemented for patrons use. His fascination with hardware and fixing computers was brought on by his inability to obtain one as a child.

Bringing home side of the road treasures, and making them work was a favorite hobby of his. The age of PC gaming further fueled his interest in understanding the inner workings of computers, and with that knowledge, came the thirst for more power. Building gaming machines for friends and family, squeezing performance out of every component, and maximizing budget bang for buck was his hobby.

After graduating highschool in South Haven, MI, the pressure to work slowed his ability to learn greatly, but he slowly put himself through nightschool at Lake Michigan College working toward a degree in Information Technology. After moving to Kalamazoo years ago, he completed his official education at KVCC, but has since taken even more classes to keep up to date and learn new skills. He’ll tell you different, but that education was what helped him succeed as a PC Technician at Applied Intellect.

After learning that Applied Intellect would be closing, he approached the owner and offered to purchase the business, but wasn’t able to get all of the necessary bases covered before it closed, and decided to partner up with a former coworker to build Geek Easy Computers, and offer the same great service, support, and friendly faces to our clients.

Nathan Welling,

Co-Owner and Apple Product Specialist

Nate has lived in the Kalamazoo area his entire life. He graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School, holds an associate’s degree from Kalamazoo Valley Community College and has gone on to Western Michigan University. Since Nathan’s family brought home their first computer, he has been a technology hobbyist. He spent entire summer vacations glued to computer screens. Like many computer enthusiasts, the next logical step was to begin repairing and building them himself.

Nathan took many of the computer classes offered throughout his education, and he received his CompTIA Network+ certification during his junior year of high school. He also holds a CompTIA A+ certification and is preparing for Microsoft’s server certifications in his spare time. He has worked in computer repair professionally for almost five years.

When the opportunity came to be a part of Geek Easy with other former employees of Applied Intellect, Nathan jumped at the chance. He enjoys working in a field that has always come naturally to him with people he’s known for years.

Jon Ballentine,

PC Service and Repair Manager

Adonis Pointer,

Sales Manager, Social Media Mogul, and Mobile Maestro

Ingrained in the computer industry in one form or another since 1984, from his first “job” as an intern for Defense Logistics Service Center, to managing one store of a regional chain, Softwarehouse and being a sales manager for IBM, Symantec, HP, and Sony, to a hardware sales management position and big box stores such as CompUSA and Best Buy.
His variety of experience (16 years technology sales, 14+ years customer service, 6+ years PC Support) makes him ideally suited to analyze our clients needs and provide them with a solution that works! His surprisingly vast skill-set means he can quickly get to the bottom of your needs, and help come up with a cost effective solution that works.

“Being a part of Geek Easy allows me to play to those strengths, utilizing my skills and experience. Looking forward to growing with the company!” – Adonis