This is My Story

I began working on computers when I was 15 years old.  In 2001, I enrolled in the MCSA path at New Horizons Computer Learning Centers.  While obtaining my certifications, I was hired by New Horizons to oversee all things technical at their Westbury and Commack, NY locations.  This is where I met my future business partner and moved on to form ComTek-NY, Inc. after learning the ropes at several of Long Island’s top rated consulting companies.

Operating ComTek-NY taught me many valuable lessons in life and business.  In addition to honing my technical abilities, I learned accounting, marketing, advertising, sales and customer service.  I enjoyed running my own business however, I was my own demise!  I often heard from many customers that I fixed everything too well.  That’s good for them but bad for me as I was never a pushy salesperson.  Goodbye ComTek-NY and hello corporate world.

After ComTek-NY, I bounced around trying to find the right job.  I worked for many consulting companies and as in-house IT for some larger corporations, all the while advancing my technical attributes to higher levels.  I’ve helped school districts, retail / wholesale, doctors, attorneys, accountants, mechanics, manufacturers, your neighbors and heck, maybe even you.  I love what I do.  It never feels like work.

I enjoy learning new things and have started teaching myself VB.NET.  This came to fruition as my current employer needed a program to generate check files for secure banking.  After a few days of research (YouTube / Google) and development, Pigno’s Posi-Pay was born.  The program allows a user to type in all the info that the bank needs and generates a formatted text file.  The file is uploaded by the user to the bank.  The bank parses the text file to validate checks.