Accelebrate was founded in 2002 by Steve Heckler, an IT training industry veteran with more than a decade of web application development and training experience. In addition to managing Accelebrate and working with the firm's clients to develop training programs, Steve is still very active as a developer and instructor. Some of his areas of expertise include .NET, Java EE, ColdFusion, and Ajax programming, as well as Apache httpd, Apache Tomcat, JBoss®, and Microsoft IIS 6 administration. Prior to founding Accelebrate, Steve served nearly seven years as vice president and then president of a Washington, DC-based IT training firm. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from Stanford University. |