Who We Are

Our core team of curriculum designers and subject matter experts consists of IT professionals sharing their combined 250+ years of experience working with the world’s largest and most advanced implementations of technology. This team was hand-picked by Bill Carico, CEO of ACTS Corp. Since 1981, ACTS has worked with industry giants including IBM, Hewlett Packard, numerous Fortune 500 companies, and over 1800 other companies and government agencies on training their IT professionals.

Curation

We define curation as the selection, organization, and presentation of quality content and information using our professional and expert knowledge and experience. We apply curation to relevant cutting technology topics, providing you with the best options available and what poses the highest risks.

Bill Carico

Bill Carico, CEO

CENTRAL VIRGINIA
Primary author of pilot program courses and case studies, overseer of subject matter experts and the course development team.

Our Design Team

James W. Collins

James W. Collins

Jim is a Vice President and Senior Systems DB Engineer and Associate VP at Wells Fargo where he optimizes performance for their massive production systems.

John A. Kirschner

John A. Kirschner

John is a certified architect, systems engineer, and cyber- security specialist who supports businesses and governments worldwide to optimize IT solutions. He received an award from President George W. Bush for his work on counterterrorism

Ken Mauriello

Ken Mauriello

Ken is a veteran IT professional specializing in building and managing multi-million dollar computer centers . Most recently, Ken served as an IT Director for Automatic Data Processing.

Leonard Santalucia

Leonard Santalucia

Len’s career includes 30 years working as a Certified Systems and IT Specialist at IBM. He is currently Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Business Dev Manager for Vicom Infinity and advisory board member for multiple colleges.

Montgomery Bauman

Montgomery Bauman

Monte is a Certified IT Specialist who began his IT career in 1983 at the IBM Glendale Lab developing a diagnostic operating system for enterprise servers where he earned a Division Award for his work.

Marc Smith

Marc Smith

Marc is a 33 year veteran at IBM where he assisted with operating system development, marketing, and channel enablement. Marc became an active volunteer for the IBM Academic Initiative program to teach advanced technology courses to address the growing need for enterprise-level skills

Dr. Gururaj Rao

Dr. Gururaj Rao

IBM Fellow and Vice President of Business Partners. Guru worked through the dramatic decline and rebirth of IBM’s server division and was a key contributor in laying out a roadmap for the long-term strategy for IBM’s enterprise server division.

James Porell

James Porell

Jim is president of his own consulting firm which he started after an illustrious career as a Distinguished Engineer at IBM. Over the last two years, Jim has been conducting a STEM education program at a local school, targeting grades 3 to 5.

Our Implementation Team Leaders

Kathy Brown

Kathy Brown

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
Kathy is a retired school teacher and a graduate of Milligan College and the University of Virginia. During her career she received numerous awards and honors, including the 2014 Champions of Literacy award from Scientific Learning which is an international computer based program.

Christopher Mathews

Christopher Mathews

TIDEWATER AREA
Christopher teaches 5th grade at Hampton Roads. He has worked with educational communities and The YMCA of South Hampton Roads. He is an advocate for marginalized students.

Ken Mauriello

Ken Mauriello

SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA
Ken is the program’s Chief Technology Officer and primarily responsible for course delivery strategy.

Leonard Santalucia

Leonard Santalucia

RICHMOND AND NORTHERN VA
Len is an Advisory Board member at Virginia Commonwealth University, NC A&T, Hofstra, Marist College, and consultant to Binghamton U ES2 Research Center.