Adam, PC Mechanic's Editor-In-Chief from June 2005 to August 2007, has been a member of the PCM community since August 2002. He started out like any other eager first-time PC builder, and eventually became a regular forum visitor due to PCM's friendly and professional nature with its "there's no such thing as a stupid question" mantra. He was eventually invited to join the group of forum moderators who keep the forums running smoothly. Roughly around the same time, he began to take an interest in writing about technology and sharing his knowledge with other users after seeing the same question and patterns emerging again and again. Adam eventually accepted the position of the new Editor-In-Chief after Bryan Risley was ready to pass on the torch. Seeing as Adam was a prominent forum member, it opened the door for gathering up other fellow techs on the forums, which led to a regular group of tech writers that help keep the main page of PCM alive. After all, there is more to PCM than just the forums.

But all that is just Adam's history with the 'Mech. In the real world, Adam has had an interest in technology since seeing his first computer: one of the first Apple II's. After learning to use OS 7 and OS 8, he eventually moved onto Windows 95 and 98 where his interest and knowledgebase began to increase exponentially.

Throughout his academic career, he was known as the go-to expert for all sorts of technology questions, be it computers, stage equipment, copier machines, or just about any other thing that required power and contained electronics. For the most part, Adam was self-taught and was able to pick up many things in his travels. Word got around, and Adam was eventually offered a job in a local IT department, where he's worked for roughly 7 years. Throughout that time, Adam has had the opportunity to work with many forms of technology and multimedia, as well as backstage and sound/lighting booth work on indoor and outdoor concerts, as well as small theatrical productions.

Adam has also taught a number of classes during that time, mostly geared towards beginners on how to use various forms of technology and software, in addition to introductory programming classes based on Java.

Adam has also worked with Web Application Development technologies, as well as doing some freelance web design and computer repair.

Currently, Adam is working full time as an IT administrator, heavily involved with multimedia and A/V.

In his free time (or what little of it there is), Adam likes to bike, fence, read, draw, write, play guitar, sing, play computer games (you'll usually see him online playing CS:S, UT2004, HL2:Deathmatch, Team Fortress 2, or Urban Terror), and mess around with multimedia.

If you wish to contact Adam, you can get ahold of him through his email address or through the PC Mechanic forum PM system.