About Les

Les Thomas is an IT/ICT consultant based on the New South Wales Central Coast with 35 years' experience with the design, installation and support of information technology and telecommunications solutions.

Les offers a range of broad range of consulting services to suit the needs of small and medium sized businesses. Please feel free to check out Les' Testimonials page to see what some of Les' clients have to say about his services.

Whilst Les' face-to-face services are primarily targeted to businesses located in Sydney, Newcastle, and the Central Coast he delivers most of his services remotely and typically only needs to visit a client's premises when installing new equipment that can't be configured remotely or when the client would like a face-to-face meeting.

Les provides Audit services, Design services and Help Desk services such as telephone support, remote support, and system administration. He can also perform schedule maintenance tasks such as reviewing backups, disk utilisation, and installing Operating System and Application updates.

Les can also provide Development services and has considerable experiencing creating e-mail-based communications such as newsletters or marketing e-mails, along with considerable experience in building and maintaining ASP.NET based websites. Les also has experience with building and maintaining WordPress and PHP based websites.

Please Note: Les does not provide services to consumers as his services are targeted towards the needs of SOHO, small and medium sized businesses.

If you need help with your Windows, macOS or Linux/Unix based desktops, laptops, notebooks, and servers or with your networking or Internet access then Les is more than capable of assisting you.

Les has considerable experience with computer hardware and peripherals which he has gained through building, installing, and servicing computer hardware and peripherals over the past 35 years.

Les has over 35 years of experience in supporting computers, servers and networks running CPM, DOS, Windows, Windows Server, macOS, SCO Xenix, SCO Unix, and other PC based Unix environments such Linux and BSD.

Les also has considerable experience with telecommunications products which he has gained through installing and maintaining telephone systems, VoIP systems, routers, firewalls, and wireless networks over the past 35 years.

Qualifications

1994 - Microsoft Certified Professional - Windows NT 3.5

1993 - Microsoft Certified Professional - Windows NT 3.1

1989 - SCO Certified Administrator - SCO Xenix

1988 - Data Processing Concepts Certificate

1987 - Telstra Technical Officer

1987 - Electrical Engineering Certificate

1985 - Telstra Technician

1983 - Electrical Trades Certificate

1980 - NSW School Certificate