It is hard to believe that it has been 25 years. Four colleagues and friends came up with a simple idea to start a consulting company that helped small associations navigate the complex world of technology. It started with a few side jobs working with Networks USA helping setup networks for schools. I'll never forget the five-gallon pails of cement used to hold early wireless technology (on the roofs) to connect the buildings together. With three of us working at Smith Bucklin and one working for Networks USA we incorporated. Still, it took a few years for us to commit to the venture full time. Having enough of corporate America, Bryan took the leap first leaving Daimler Chrysler and becoming our first full-time employee. Ironically, our first major client and project was outside of the association space. It was a pretty major development project and Bryan was all on his own. To this day if you mention that project he starts to twitch.  

After a year Bryan was just too busy to keep up with all of our clients and asked the rest of us to jump on full-time. Dave and Mike both had new jobs and weren't ready to make the leap. I had just helped move a medical association to Chicago and was ready to give it a whirl. Before long both of us were too busy and we needed some help. Andy was our first official full-time employee, making the leap from event management to technology. Ben was our first intern and has stuck it out ever since. Over the years we continued to grow our AT family with new clients and staff.    

The next major milestone was adding a true sales professional, Jim, to help us grow and expand our services. We had struck out with several sales professionals until we finally hit a homerun with Jim (I figured the baseball reference was perfect since Jim is an avid softball player)!  In 2009, well before remote work was a norm, we ventured into uncharted territory.  Dustin wanted to head west to California (who could blame him) so we gave it a try. Thirteen years and a child later he is still managing our robust hosting offerings from sunny San Diego.  We now have both Tricia in Michigan and Chris in Ohio working remotely as well.  

Over the years we have seen the technology landscape change dramatically. Our first clients had small (sometimes large) server closets.  Some even had air-conditioning! Those servers slowly moved to our first hosting location which was definitely a step up but no where near our current state-of-the-art facility. iMIS back then was often installed via CD and there was no staff site. Now iMIS is in the cloud, along with the many other applications our team supports. 

Whether it is a game of "tips" (a variation of the basketball game horse), Halo or golf we've always enjoyed some friendly competition. Our foot golf outing may have been one of the more entertaining and scary events. Just this past year Bryan setup a pickleball court at the AT office. 

We've had many reasons to celebrate over the years.  We've had weddings, baby showers, bachelor parties, retirement celebrations and holiday parties.  Our holiday parties have become a part of AT lore, the stories are often repeated each year (at AT we never forget).  We truly enjoy celebrating as a team and a family. 

We have been blessed with wonderful staff and incredible clients.  I would like to thank everyone who has made the past 25 years possible.