Thad Guidry

Thad Guidry was born in Louisiana and served in the US Air Force in Anchorage, Alaska for 4 years during Desert Storm. He cut his teeth with computers and programming at the early age of 9 at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now UL) computer lab, by sneaking in and playing Star Trek on DEC VAX systems with the local college kids and kept them smiling with Lemonhead candy as a bribe. He purchased his first computer, a Commodore Plus4 with savings from picking up aluminum cans over the course of a hot summer. Today, on the job, he still hacks with databases and off the job volunteers his time helping non-profit organizations with their marketing and information systems needs.