Executive Profiles

Michael Linett was graduated from the University of Delaware in 1981, and began his career working for companies in purchasing and materials management. Mike developed a series of PC-based computer programs for inventory and materials management, eventually starting his own company. In 1989, Mr. Linett incorporated Zerowait in the state of Delaware. Over the following 10 years or so, he provided computer programming & consulting for large international organizations, including Wartsila Diesel, Sylvan Learning Systems, HiTech, and others. During this period, Zerowait created and implemented inventory management programs in the USA, Singapore, Sweden, and Holland. In 1998, moving away from software, Mike became involved more deeply in the hardware side of the Internet--load balancing, data storage, caching, and backup technologies--growing Zerowait into the strong parts, service and support company it is today. Mike Linett's creed is that the company's direction should always put customer requirements first and he strives to keep it that way.

With a backgound in chemical, engineering, and geological sciences as well as professional writing, July Linett worked for the Bureau of Mines's hazardous waste division and then served as an officer in the United States Air Force's Air Weather Service prior to joining the Zerowait Team in 1998. July Linett is now lead Operations and Finance officer at Zerowait and has played an integral role in the development of Zerowait's production and services methodology and procedures that are at the heart of our integrated Enterprise Requirements Planning (ERP) system.

Mr Burnett joined Zerowait in 2000, after several years of working in the insurance technology sector where he developed his security and networking expertise. Since joining Zerowait he has become an expert in NetApp's technology and on squeezing extra performance out of filers. He has managed the growth of the Zerowait engineering team and developed our core technologies so that our service and support customers get the absolute best support in the business.

Michael joined Zerowait while still attending The University of Delaware. Over the last four years he has worked in many departments of our company and is now responsible for our Website, online store and printed marketing materials. Mike and his staff also handle many of our special management and support projects including their customized shipping, reporting and distribution requirements.

Farat is responsible for business development and client relationships in the European Union. Prior to joining the Zerowait team, Farat was the General Manager for a Sun Microsystems distributor responsible for the entire EMEA region.