Sander Elias (ESO)

Way back in the beginning of computer technology, in the late seventies, I started with programming at age 8. Before that I was always busy finding out how stuff worked. Most of the time this involved taking stuff apart and reassembling it. That all to the horror of my parents, and to their amazement too, because 90% off the time the stuff still worked, and the other 10% after some light readjustments ;). And by stuff I mean, everything with (but not exclusive to) a power cord attached to it.

I joined a computer club where I learned a lot about the inner workings of computers and related peripherals. In this period I not only used computers but I build them too. Back then you needed at least a soldering iron for that.

At age 14/15 I started to sell my own brand of custom build computers, and everything that was needed for those. This went on and at age 18 I made this into an official business. From that day on I’m selling custom build computers, various hardware solutions, and software solutions. And when, in the early nineties, internet started I also started to build custom solutions for this.