BWI Technologies was founded in July 2003 to fill a need of many small businesses. During discussions with many owner/operators of small businesses, it became apparent that the need for affordable technical support was great. Most small businesses were faced with the daunting choice of finding or hiring in-house staff with some level of technical knowledge, or hiring expensive consulting firms to handle their immediate IT needs. While using in-house personnel was often a less expensive approach to meeting this goal, these "texperts" often are tasked with these new IT duties over and above their normal day-to-day tasks. This makes these staffers less effective in accomplishing their normal tasks, and makes them more prone to burnout and attrition. Additionally, these "texperts" often have a limited technological skill set and this can directly impact the success or failure of the implementation of any technology solution. The other alternative requires the "hiring" of larger consulting firms. These firms, whose focus is larger, more profitable clients, provide small business with adequately engineered technology solutions, but are expensive and often less flexible, making their long-term use painful at best, and cost-prohibitive at worst. At BWI Technologies, we believe that small businesses should be free to enjoy the benefits provided by the large consulting firms, while also enjoying financial benefits of dealing with a less expensive, local alternative.

 

Principals

Thomas, or "Butch" to his friends & customers, is the founder and president of BWI Technologies. His personal goal is to lead his company in filling the void between the use of in-house staff and large consulting firms. Butch comes to BWI Technologies by way of Netiquette Enterprise Technologies, Inc. or NETinc, where he was a technology consultant from May 1996 to October 2003. NETinc is a medium-to-large-business consulting firm, whose primary focus is on the day-to-day management of large business networks. During his tenure with NETinc, Butch rose from an engineering position to leading the technical and sales forces on a day-to-day basis. He was integral in the development, growth and ultimate success of that firm's small-business technology consultancy. During this eight years of remarkable achievement with NETinc, Butch was called upon to provide their clients with a broad range of technology and business solutions, and often served those clients as their Chief Information Officer, IT director, or Network Administrator. In many cases, the executive management of those clients came to depend upon NETinc and Butch for strategic insight, much as they would a loyal in-house executive. Butch was also integral in developing NETinc's broad management and monitoring offerings, allowing small businesses to completely outsource their IT needs, which in turn allowed them to focus on their core business needs. It was often said that "if Butch is handling the issue, don't worry about it." These experiences, coupled with his involvement in the day-to-day management and operation of NETinc itself, put Butch in a unique position that allowed him to see small business' overall and IT needs in a new perspective. This perspective ultimately resulted in the birth of BWI Technologies.

Butch has been involved with engineering technology solutions for a variety of companies and industries since 1986. All these experiences serve to formulate a deep & thorough knowledge of small business needs and practices, which he continually uses to assist his valued clientele in the design and implementation of properly engineered, intelligent, technology solutions.

Butch is happily married to his lovely wife of fourteen years, Lynn. They have three children and one grandson. Butch and his family reside in the Springtown area and are active in their church.  He is a member of the Springtown Area Chamber of Commerce, the Parker County Executive Association and enjoys participation in his children's sporting and academic activities.  He enjoys participation in local & national politics and is an avid reader and firearms enthusiast. 

To contact Butch, email him at: blike@bwitech.com