About Us
Dean Silloway
Dean Silloway came to Rutland County in 1988 when he enrolled in the Business Computer Information Systems degree program at Castleton State College. He helped support the campus computer infrastructure by taking a work-study position with the Computer Support Department. In 1992 he graduated with an Associates Degree in Computer Programming and a Bachelors Degree in Business Computer Information Systems.
After graduation Dean began helping businesses in Rutland succeed in leveraging the use of their Information Technology when he became a Network Engineer for McAuliffe Office Systems. During his tenure there, he assisted many area businesses by installing and supporting their networks. After gaining a great deal of experience, he was able to demonstrate his knowledge by earning his Certified Netware Engineer (CNE) certification.
In 1995 Dean left McAuliffe to dedicate his knowledge and experience to supporting the network at Rutland Regional Medical Center as a Network Administrator. Among many other accomplishments, Dean took a lead role in implementing the Wide Area Network and Unix Server to support the information needs of the newly created Rutland Region Physicians Group.
Dean returned to servicing the information needs of small businesses in 1999 when he became a Network Engineer for Computer Alternatives in Middlebury. His knowledge was expanded when he became a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and then a Hewlett-Packard Accredited Systems Engineer(ASE). It was also during this time that Dean starting providing service for many of the clients that he enjoys working with today.
Silloway Networks was formed by Dean in July of 2004 to continue to provide high-quality information technology support for businesses in Rutland, Addison, Bennington, and Windsor Counties. Dean looks forward to continuing to help area businesses meet their goals.
Jeff Curtis
Jeff Curtis comes to Silloway Networks with fifteen years of experience in Information Technology. At Associated Grocers of New England, Jeff installed and supported PC Based Point-of-Sales for independent grocers all over New England. As the in-house Network Administrator, Jeff installed and supported a rapidly growing infrastructure consisting of Windows Servers, VMWare, IBM iSeries servers, and Cisco networking hardware. Jeff was also responsible for administering such technologies as Citrix, Microsoft SQL Server, voice computing from Vocollect, and wireless terminals from LXE.
Jeff will be adapting his past experiences for Silloway Networks by becoming a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist and focusing on Small Business Server 2008.
Chris Baker
Chris Baker has been around computers since he was 10 years old and he has been working with them ever since: playing games, building new ones, fixing old ones, and programming. He had his first computer training with a Visual Basic course as a freshman at Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington. Chris moved to Rutland and in 2003 he enrolled in the Cisco Networking Academy at Stafford Technical Center. He graduated from the academy with a head full of Cisco knowledge and his Network+ certification.
Upon joining Silloway Networks, Chris earned the Cisco Small & Medium Business Field Engineer title, allowing Silloway Networks to become the first SMB Specialized Cisco Partner in Vermont.