Johnny B. Fears

President and Founder
Active DataComm ®, February 2001

Company Operations, Sales, and Accounting
Customer IT Manager and Customer Service

Johnny is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and holds a B.M. in Music. Johnny served as a band director for Tupelo Public Schools from 1988-1998.

Johnny's interests include drums and percussion, NASCAR, Genealogy, and music. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the North Mississippi AITP chapter and is the past president for the Northeast Mississippi Netware User’s Group.

Joshua Ballard

Customer IT Manager, Customer Service, Service Technician

Joshua has been working in the IT Field for 10 years. His specalities are in virus and spyware removal, network design and implementation, and search.

Joshua's interests are Arthurian history, writing, and virtual world modeling and creation games and software.
Ben Gibbons

Customer IT Manager, Customer Service, Service Technician

Ben has been involved with IT and computers for over 10 years. His main areas of expertise are hardware repair and upgrades, networking, virus & spyware removal, and Microsoft Windows troubleshooting.

Ben attended Itawamba Community College (A.A.S., Computer Servicing, A.A.S., Electronics Technology). He enjoys playing the bass guitar for 2 local bands, writing music, reading, and fooling around with random computer parts.
Michael Smith

Web Development, Graphic Design, Customer Service

Michael has been building web pages for over a decade, integrating improvements in functionality and infrastructure as they develop. Using CGI, PHP, MySQL, and the like, the focus is on short load times, simplicity, and functionality.

Michael attended MSMS, Mississippi State University (B.S., Electrical Engineering), and the University of South Florida (M.S., Electrical Engineering). His interests include playing drums and guitar, reading, and DIY gadgetry.