Shane’s first home computer was an Apple II, but his journey into technology really took off in 2004. An avid gamer from a young age, he played everything from classic console titles to the latest PC releases. While playing Half-Life 2, he noticed his computer struggling to keep up. After some research and a bit of advice from his father, he upgraded the graphics card and added more RAM. It was the first time he had opened up a computer and seen how its components worked together, and it sparked an interest that would shape his career. He returned to Apple products in late 2007, but it was a PC that first taught him how computers work.
At Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, Shane took a class in HTML and Java that opened up a new interest: building websites. He spent much of his free time designing and coding sites, joined the school’s Computer Club, and earned an award for outstanding performance. Around the same time, he took up chess and went on to place second in a tournament. The strategic thinking and problem-solving the game demands would later carry over into his programming.
In 2009, Shane enrolled in the Computer Engineering program at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston (now Franklin Cummings Tech). The program gave him hands-on experience with both hardware and software and a solid technical foundation for a career in the field. He graduated with an Associate Degree in Engineering in May 2011.
He went on to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at Bridgewater State University, where his love of programming continued to grow. After a difficult stretch academically, he transferred to Curry College in 2013 and quickly hit his stride, earning a spot on the Dean’s List in his first semester. He became Vice President of the IT Club in 2014, built experience in Java, C#, C, and C++, and graduated in December 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Information Technology.
Since 2022, Shane has worked as a systems administrator at Wizard Computer Services. Outside of work, he keeps building: assembling and repairing computers, developing apps and games for Windows, Android, and iOS, and experimenting with 3D printing. His homelab of personal servers and custom network setups is where he tries out new ideas for his projects.
Shane is also a retro tech enthusiast and video game collector, steadily adding vintage consoles and classic games to his collection. Whether it’s a decades-old console or a new server build, the same curiosity that had him opening up his PC back in 2004 still drives everything he works on.