Staff
18 strong…and growing
Quality IT service requires individuals with the rare combination of technical knowledge and polished customer service skills. Understanding that our company is only as good as our personnel, we’ve built a team of professionals who exemplify these qualities. Onyx consultants are highly trained in the latest platforms, operating systems and related software. Our experience spans all walks of commercial and consumer applications. We have the right consultants for any situation.
Justin Kenagy
Right Brain / Business Development
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!, travel, business competition
Charles Greiner
Left Brain / Senior Consultant
Charles seized his first computer (an Apple IIe) in 1981 thus beginning his lifelong journey with the machines that sometimes seem to run our lives. He earned his degree in Mathematics from Yale in 1996 and joined Onyx very shortly after. In 1997 Charles set about expanding our service offerings to include all aspects of the Microsoft/Windows platforms. He now leads our team of expert field technicians and continues to set the bar higher with each new day. His relentless pursuit of bettering the company is second only to his two daughters, Sonia and Eva.
Other Interests: family, travel, skiing, exercise, integrity, golf, satire
Michael Young
Senior Consultant / Team Leader
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. 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 ten years of IT are about as solid a foundation as we could hope for in a colleague. His skill set and life experiences combined with a genuine interest in those around him uniquely qualify him to lead our team of experts.
Other Interests: spending time with my family, golf, guitar, providing solutions
Ed Morris
Senior Consultant
Certifications: Apple Certified Help Desk, Apple Certified Desktop & Portable Repair, Apple Certified Technical Coordinator
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
Kyle Poineal
Consultant
Kyle was born and raised in Decatur, GA. He began delving in to programming at the age of 9. Kyle then soon became an avid PC gamer excelling in tournaments and league oriented games. In High School he placed first in the state for JAVA, C++ and Visual Basic 6.0 Programming and graduated with Honors in Computer Science. Kyle joined Onyx to pursue his personal goal to be the best I.T. Consultant possible.
Other Interests: soccer, racquet ball, skiing, science fiction novels
Thomas Kerns
Consultant
Thomas was born in Dayton, OH and moved to Georgia at a very young age. He studied computer system management at Kennesaw State University. Prior to joining Onyx, Thomas spent six years as a CBeyond Systems Administrator. As expected, he is highly skilled in both Mac and Windows operating systems and machines. He spends his free time as a freelance photographer and you can find him crawling around in abandoned buildings indulging one of his other passions, Urban Exploration.
Other Interests: Director of Technical Operations at Dragon*Con, taking over Decatur at Piratepalooza
Alan Sheehan
Consultant
Born and raised in Virginia, Alan grew up with a deep love of computers and technology. After receiving an AAS in IT he worked for a few years doing network administration and technical support for a proprietary telecommunication systems company. Alan then decided to join the US Navy as an Electronics Technician where he spent five years utilizing his troubleshooting skills on board the USS Sampson (DDG-102) stationed in San Diego, California. During his total six-years enlistment Alan traveled to Columbia, Panama, Mexico, Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea, Canada and even spent a 10 month period boots on ground in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. As a member of the Onyx on-site consulting team, Alan enjoys applying his unique experiences and troubleshooting capabilities to the daily private sector challenges.
Other Interests: mountain biking, cars, Star Wars, reading, and Linux (rooted android devices included)
Bill Scherer
Sales/Marketing Director
After receiving his Masters from Ohio University, Bill spent ten years with major ad agency media departments on national accounts to include: NWAyer/NY, Babbit & Reiman/ATL and Tausche Martin Lonsdorf/ATL. He then switched from Media Director to another ten years in Media Sales-TBS/TNT/Cartoon Network, Fox Sports and more. Bill also formed Scherer Media, representing New York Magazine Publishers in the Southeast for over eight years. Bill’s background and experience in traditional advertising, online marketing and sales bring a wealth of knowledge to both Onyx as well as our clients.
Other Interests: my two sons, rugby, adopting homeless animals, music trivia, camping and reading history books.
Bernadette Seacrest
Director/The Onyx Consulting Foundation
Bernadette came to Atlanta from Albequerque, New Mexico in 2006 on a temporary haitus from her flourishing music career and recently concluded tour in France. After making Atlanta her home, she began drawing on her extensive background of working with women in crisis in order to shape the direction and goals of The Onyx Consulting Foundation (The OCF) – our company created non-profit foundation. Bernadette selected The Dekalb Rape Crisis Center as our initial primary recipient of funds. As The OCF’s efforts began to grow, The Global Village School and YMCA Partner with Youth Program were also added as regular funding recipients. Aside from her position as director of The OCF, Bernadette is more commonly known as Atlanta’s underground chanteuse and troubadour of France. She’s won “Best Atlanta Vocalist” (Creative Loafing critic’s pick and reader’s pick) two times since 2007 and can be seen playing at various Atlanta venues – or you might even catch a show next time you’re in Paris. For more on Bernadette, you can visit her website at bernadetteseacrest.com
Other Interests: My family and critters, creativity, style, music, films, dance, fashion, architecture & design, gardening, the outdoors, physical exertion, reading, girl power and…. horror.
Oleg Zenchurin
Senior Shop Manager
Certifications: Apple Certified Technician, Apple Product Sales Professional, Apple Certified Associate – Mac Integration Basics 10.7
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.
Travis Smith
Senior Architect/Onyx Development
Matt Moore
Assistant Shop Manager
Certifications: Apple Certified Technician, Apple Product Sales Professional, Apple Certified Associate – Mac Integration Basics 10.7, Apple Certified Support Professional 10.7
Matt’s from Douglasville GA. It began with a Commodore 64 when he was 11. Taking things apart, putting them back together…breaking things….fixing things – learning. Matt attended Lithia Springs High and was regularly let out of class to assist with systems troubleshooting. He built his first computer when he was 17 and carried around a stack of 3.5 floppies everywhere he went. After attending West Georgia Tech for a while studying CIS, Matt moved to SC for a couple of years but found his way back to Atlanta where he began his professional IT career with Onyx.
Other Interests: imported cars, tennis, hockey, reading, live music
Andy Haupt
Assistant Shop Manager
Certifications: Apple Certified Macintosh Technician, Apple Product Sales Professional, Apple Certified Support Professional 10.6 &10.7, Apple Certified Associate – Mac Integration Basics 10.7
Born and raised in Georgia, Andy started working with computers along side his father at a very early age. They started by building all of the family’s systems. If something went wrong – they fixed it. Simple right? Andy went on to school at Georgia State University, studying English, but his interest in computers never wavered. Andy received his ACMT while looking to pursue a new career in the IT industry. He joined Onyx in May of 2011, and has loved it here since.
Other Interests: music, drums, teaching percussion, movies, coffee, cooking
Zack Wilson
Assistant Shop Manager
Certifications: A+, Network+, Apple Certified Technician, Apple Certified Support Professional 10.7
Zack is another native Georgian born in Roswell, GA. He received his BBA in Management from University of Georgia in 2007. After college Zack found himself repeatedly drafted into IT positions and away from the roles for which he was initially hired as he pursued his career. It seemed that Zack’s true career path was actually pursuing him. “I gained skills enabling me to help people. I realized I loved it and decided to do it full-time.” Next, Zack nailed down some basic certifications. Shortly after, he joined the Onyx team and is steadily becoming another strong asset to our shop staff. Zack’s aptitude and customer service skills are a clear indication of real potential here at Onyx. We foresee good things.
Other Interests: film, gaming (video and Magic), literature, travel, history, cooking, philosophy
Ken Lim
Shop Technician
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
Ross Kinsella
Shop Technician
Certifications: Apple Certified Technician
Born in Charleston SC, Ross moved to Woodstock GA when he was two. Eventually his family found him again, and they moved into the big city when he was fifteen. After graduating from Chamblee High school he studied computer science at Georgia Perimeter College. “My interest in computers began when I got a Nintendo 64 for Christmas with Mario 64 (best game ever by the way). Ever since then, I have always enjoyed over clocking PC’s and seeing how much bang one could get out of a system with what was already installed. Fixing family computer’s just came naturally and helped me hone my repair skills.” Ross has become a highly efficient and productive shop technician with some of the highest repair numbers in the company.
Other Interests: paintball, video games, reading, dirt bikes, anything on the history channel.
Robert Griffin
Shop Technician
Certifications: Apple Certified Technician
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. Rob also serves as a systems administrator for our “OnyxSync” online backup product.
Other Interests: Anything that runs on electricity, spicy food, games, scifi novels, trying to train a dachshund (it is not possible)
James Scott
Shop Technician
Certifications: ACMT 10.7 (Apple Certified Macintosh Technician)
ACSP 10.5 (Apple Certified Support Professional)
Born in Orlando, FL – James is a skilled member of our in-shop team. His first computer was a Bondi Blue iMac but, his interest in electronics started with a Nintendo 64. “When I was 12 I got a N64 for Christmas. I accidentally pulled it off our TV stand one day and broke it. I decided I’d fix it myself and later that night I took it apart on our living room floor. While sitting there amongst all the components I realized I was having more fun fixing it than I ever did playing games on it. From that point on I was taking apart and tinkering with anything that had a circuit board.” Shortly after moving to GA in 2003 he finished high school and enrolled at North Georgia Technical College to study CIS. While attending school he continued fixing family and friend’s computers to make a few extra bucks. This quickly turned into more than a means of extra income and he was soon providing IT support services to residents and small businesses in the North Georgia area. Restless from the slow paced mountain-life, James moved to Atlanta and joined Onyx Consulting. We’re glad he found us.
Other Interests: hiking & camping, skateboarding, cooking, blues/jazz, travel.
