Justin Kenagy

Co-Owner / Business Development

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Justin received his Bachelor of Arts from Savannah College of Art and Design in 1992. The next few years were spent as General Manager for the Kenagy family restaurants “Indigo” and “Partners” in Morningside. He joined Onyx in 1997. The first few years were spent as a technician until Justin re-directed his efforts to grow the company and continuously develop the Onyx sales and marketing strategies. In 2001 Charles and Justin formed an equal partnership and Onyx began to thrive. Justin draws on a lifetime of entrepreneurial creative thinking to guide his business sensibilities. His primary duties include expansion, quality control and strengthening the professional capabilities of each and every member of the Onyx team.

Other Interests: spending time with my beautiful wife and daughter, reading, wilderness adventures, things that go fast, things that go BOOM!, business competition

Britt Thompson

Vice President

Certifications: MCSE, MCSA, Apple Certified Technician

Britt joined Onyx in 2003 and has been on a constant path of advancement ever since. All of his certifications were gained within the first two years of employment and he serves as Personnel Manager for our On-Site consulting team. His interest in computers began with attempts to make games work in DOS at an early age. While earning his dual degree at Oglethorpe and Atlanta College of Art, Britt became proficient in Macintosh and creative applications. This training has proven to be invaluable to our creative professional clientele in particular. Britt is also a highly skilled Server Administrator and Microsoft Engineer with enormous knowledge of commercial web applications, programming and the general alchemy behind the interfaces. Last but not least, he leads and manages the development efforts for the groundbreaking backup solution “OnyxSync” that safeguards the data of Onyx Consulting’s clients.

Other Interests/Experience: film/video, graphic design, web design, typography, painting, sculpture, drawing, baseball, softball, golf, working out, outdoors, carpentry, fine arts, digital art, product development

Michael Young

Senior Consultant

Certifications: MCP, MECP, Apple Certified Technician

Born and raised in Kennesaw, GA – Mike finished high school and promptly joined the Marines. During this six year endeavor, he served in two overseas conflicts, received two combat action ribbons and various medals with letters of recommendation. In 2002 Mike joined The Geek Squad and began his career in IT. The next four years were spent absorbing all the knowledge at his disposal while providing a wide array of IT services to consumers and business clientele. During this time Mike obtained MECP certification as well (Mobile Electronic Certified Professional). Aside from combat and computers, Mike is also a major family man. The Young family resides in Acworth, GA where Mike spends his time with wife Courtney and their four children – Dade, Mickella, Abel, and Remi. A busy man! Mike’s military service followed by seven years of IT are about as solid a foundation as we could hope for in a colleague. As an Apple and Microsoft Certified technician who handles several of our long standing accounts, Mike has earned Senor Consultant distinction at Onyx.

Other Interests: spending time with my family, golf, guitar, providing solutions

Ed Morris

Consultant

Certifications: Apple Certified Help Desk, Apple Certified Desktop & Portable Repair, Apple Certified Technical Coordinator (in progress)

Ed was born in Ohio and at the age of five, he and his family started on a journey around the Pacific rim. For the next eleven years, Ed lived in Korea, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia, finally arriving in Atlanta to finish his high school career. He then went to Georgia Southern University to study music performance with a focus in voice. Throughout this art focused life, computers played a larger role than one would guess of a musical child. Beginning in 1982 with an Apple IIe+ and a string of PCs, Ed would be the “computer guy” to his family and friends, often called upon to fix any troubles that arose. After moving to Chicago to start a restaurant with friends, technology consulting presented itself as a career opportunity and Ed jumped into a life of fixing, training, solving, and configuring. Now with six years of technology consulting under his belt ranging from enterprise server configuration to setting up iPhoto for the family, he’s returned home to Atlanta and joined the Onyx Consulting team.

Other Interests: music, bicycling, cooking, the occasional game, comedy, film, and family

Oleg Zenchurin

Shop Manager

Certifications: Apple Certified Technician

Oleg was born in Chelyabinsk city in the Ural Mountains of Russia bordering Asia/Europe. At the age of 12 he got his first PC – 486 dx4 windows 3.11 “best PC ever.” From that point on, he was gaming, tweaking, over-clocking etc. From 1998-2002 he studied Law at Chelyabinsk State University and Computer Science on-line. “I think I built PCs for almost every person in my University…”. In 2002 he came to the USA in search of new opportunities. His search is over. Oleg currently holds the record for highest repair volume in one day. His no-nonsense drive and determination have propelled him to quickly become shop manager of both Metro Atlanta locations. Currently he oversees a number of accounts for which Onyx has become the preferred hardware repair vendor – to include Turner Broadcasting, Emory University, City of Decatur Schools, Art Institute of Atlanta and more.

Other Interests: history and tech books, gaming, extreme PC building, tweaking, cars, cooking, weight lifting, provoking Justin.

Ken Lim

Shop Technician / Northcrest

Certifications: Apple Certified Technician

Ken Came to the U.S. from Malaysia in 1991 to pursue a college education. He graduated from Southern Illinois University in 1994 with a BS in Computer Science. Like many of our clan, his interests in gaming propelled him to conduct various experiments with enabling a game on a P90 w/4MB RAM with DOS 3.1 in 1991. Ken sites this event as the day his bond with computers began. He’s worked in IT for 14 years now, and loves to help friends with all their computer problems. In Ken’s words “Troubleshooting and solving computer problems is a joy of my life.” The man is passionate about technology and service. He’s solid, reliable and highly skilled. We like that.

Other Interests: fishing, cuisine, games, art, gemology/geology collecting and traveling

Matthew Battaglia

Shop Technician

Certifications: Apple Certified Technician

Matthew was born and raised in Conyers, GA. He grew up in a large family of seven. As a teen, he was intrigued by all kinds of technology prompting him to take classes in video production and engineering. After Graduating High school at Heritage with a Dual Diploma (Technical/College Prep), he went on to Georgia College & State University for a degree in Management Information Systems. Midway through college he became employed by the Library Instructional Technology Center (LITC) and excelled in helping fellow students with their computer problems. He then changed majors to finish up in December of ‘09 with a BBA in Management. “I applied everywhere for the right Technology job. Fortunately, Onyx gave me a chance and I have loved my job since day one.” We’ll let you know how he feels on day one thousand.

Other Interests: Football, Golf, Friends and Family, Music, Games (video or card), Outdoors, Traveling, Enjoying Life.

Robert Griffin

Shop Technician

Certifications: Apple Certified Technician (in progress)

Born in Ontario, Canada, Robert arrived in Georgia 16 years ago. His interest in computers was inherited from dad who was a physics major before CS majors existed.  “I played the hell out of his crappy commodore 64 and DOS games (police quest, zak mckraken, etc.) and constantly disassembled his equipment until he gave up on trying to stop me and got me a computer of my own, which I promptly ran into the ground and turned into a Frankenstein. (went through 3 power supplies, 2 motherboards, 4 graphics cards..).” Robert’s scholastic path at Georgia State University included distinction within the national society of collegiate scholars. He began with computer science, delved into microbiology and ended up in psychology despite a dangerous streak of astronomy classes.  Basically, go science! From there it was on to a technical career which included administering the website and POS system at “eno” restaurant, ATM repair at Wachovia/WF and various and sundry technical pursuits before finding his way into our clutches here at Onyx. Robert is the newest member of our team and we’re promising him all the Mexican he can eat if he can get with the program.

Other Interests: Anything that runs on electricity, spicy food, games, scifi novels, trying to train a dachshund (it is not possible)

Eduard Vinogradov

Shop Technician

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Kyle Poineal

Consultant

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