Very Short Tech BIO

Dwight Gilbert Jones                                          

Public Safety Consultant

Disclosure – Jones is CEO of Elevaed Medical Inc., a Northwest life safety company.

Relevant factoids

• Computer assembly  1987-1993

Cardz Computers (Owner, Vancouver)

The largest regional computer retailer in this period, Cardz introduced 386 and 486 motherboards to western Canada.  Cardz BBS was the West’s salient bulletin board, and pioneered Internet access.

• Wireless Networks  (owner) 1993-2001

Imagen Communications linked the residents of British Columbia’s major Gulf Islands (Saltspring, Galiano, Pender, Mayne etc.) with two wireless networks from local mountains – bringing the Net early to rural citizens,

• Software Development 1989-Present

Imagen Technologies  Its Fracterm terminal programs were the first to transmit images in real time (over 14.4 modems) using fractal compression, before the advent of jpeg. Followed by 6 years of network analysis and billing software development.