Prior to 1987, Mr. Heere was Vice President of Marketing and Product Development for Berkey, Inc., a NYSE listed company that manufactured, imported and distributed Electronic, Video and Photographic products. He has extensive experience in sourcing and marketing products from Europe and the Far East.

Previously Ed has worked in other photographic endeavors, including having taught Photography in a College Art Department for several years.

Since 1987 Ed has been President, and recently named CEO, of AMSYS, INC. a Ridgefield, CT, business which provides computer consulting, computer services, computer networking and internet services to the Healthcare, Legal, Accounting, Manufacturing, Distribution, Service and General Business Communities in Connecticut and New York.

• Graduate - Central Catholic High School, Reading, PA
  
• Graduate - Albright College, Reading, PA, 1970
  
• Instructor - Albright College, Reading, PA, 1973-1976
  
• Many Professional & Business Development Courses
  

Medical and Radiology Affiliations

• RSNA - Radiological Society of North America
• RBMA - Radiology Business Management Association
• NY-MGMA - Medical Group Management Association of New York
• CT-MGMA - Medical Group Management Association of Connecticut
• HIMSS - Healthcare Information Management Society
• AHIMA - American Health Information Management
• Association Member - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)

Civil, Educational & IT Industry Affiliations

• Member – State of CT – IT Advisory Council
• Member – Advisory Council to WCSU Board of Directors
• Member – Ancell School of Business – CEO Forum
• Member – National Advisory Council – Albright College – Reading, PA
• Member – Commission for the Future – Albright College – Reading, PA
• Chapter Chairman - Western Connecticut Chapter, American Red Cross
• Representative – CT Service Council – American Red Cross
• Member - Strategic Planning Committee, American Red Cross
• Member - Facilities Committee, American Red Cross
• Member - Properties Committee, American Red Cross
• Board of Directors – Girls Scout Council of Southwestern CT – 1999 – 2002
• Member - Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce
• Member - United States Chamber of Commerce
• Member - Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce
• Member - Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce
• Member - Connecticut Better Business Bureau
• Member - Association for Computing Machinery, Connecticut/Westchester Chapter
• Voting member, National Association for Computing Machinery
• Director - Danbury Area Computing Society (D.A.C.S) 1994 - 1996
• Chairman - Board of Directors, Danbury Area Computing Society, 1996-1998
• Board of Directors, Danbury Area Computing Society, 1994-1999
• Director - Hardware Support SIG, D.A.C.S.
• Host - Microsoft Access SIG, D.A.C.S.
• Host - IBM OS/2 SIG, D.A.C.S.
• Host - Association of Computer Support Specialists - Novell Training Classes
• Host - Association of Computer Support Specialists - InterNet Classes
• Host - Association of Computer Support Specialists - WindowsNT Classes
• Host - Association of Computer Support Specialists - A+ Certification Classes

• 1989 - "Who's Who in the Computer Industry"
  
• 1991 - "Who's Who of American Business Leaders"
• 1992 - "Who's Who in Connecticut"

• Redding Pilot Newspaper - July 1989
• Redding Pilot Newspaper - October 1990
• Danbury News-Times - February 1991
• Redding Pilot Newspaper - March 1992
• Danbury News-Times - March 1992
• Ridgefield Press - March 1992
• Radio and Television Interviews all over New York and Connecticut in March 1992 in conjunction with the detection of the Michaelangelo Virus.
• Ridgefield Press - May 1997
• Fairfield County Business Journal - June 1997
• Danbury/Housatonic Valley Business Digest- July 1997
• Danbury News-Times - September 1997
• Danbury/Housatonic Valley Business Journal - June 1998
• Northern Fairfield County Association of Realtors Newsletter - October 1998
• The Fairfield Exchange TV Show - Y2K - November 1998
• American Red Cross- February 1999
• Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce Newsletter- March 1999
• Radio Interview - Pete Summers Show - April 1999
• Danbury/Housatonic Valley Business Digest - May 1999
• Redding Pilot - February 2000
• Fairfield County Business Journal - February 2000

Ed Heere also makes significant contributions to both the public and private sector addressing business, community and special interest groups on the state of, and the direction of, the computer industry.

Previous talks have included presentations to the Danbury Area Computer Society, Association of Computing Machinery, Connecticut Division of the Association of Enrolled Agents, Connecticut MENSA, Danbury Rotary Club, Ridgefield Rotary Club and the Ridgefield Men's Club and the Danbury Chamber of Commerce

Recently Ed was honored as the keynote speaker at a Conference on Entrepreneurship at his college alma mater, Albright College in Reading Pennsylvania.

For more than 5 years Mr. Heere has been a featured presenter at the annual Business Entrepreneur Series sponsored by The Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce.

Ed has also participated as a panelist in several advisory committee meetings for both the Ancell School of Business and the Western Connecticut State University.

Mr. Heere has served as a respected expert in the area of Computer Y2K issues and has moderated two recent Y2K Conferences, the first at Ancell School of business of the Western Connecticut State University, and the second sponsored by the Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce and held at Danbury Hospital.

Both Conferences were organized and co-sponsored by the Danbury Area Computer society. He has also spoken to many community and business organizations on the Y2K issue.

Ed has also been a frequent guest speaker on the subject of technology on many TV and radio shows including The Fairfield Exchange on CT Cablevision, WLAD - Pete Summers show, WRKI I-95, WQXI, and the Robert Reby Show on WLAD.