Chad Jewett was the type of kid who liked to take things apart to see how they worked, and then try to put them back together. In his case, the items he liked to work on were computers -- something his parents didn't always appreciate, until he began to look at them as a potential career.

While attending Sycamore High School, he also went to the Kishwaukee Education Consortium out at Kishwaukee College, where he studied...building trades, not computers. But eventually, the latest tech took over his career plans, and he went into business for himself.

CMJ Technologies provides IT support, hardware and cloud services; they also provide monitoring and maintenance for their various clients. He says he works to give his clients the most up-to-date technology available, to make what they have on hand adapt to changes in tech and the marketplace, and to ensure that it remains operational under all circumstances.