Ray Lucke was introduced to computers at the age of seven, where he wrote little software programs on a Tandy Color 128k Computer. Recieving his first x86-based PC and modem at the age of 12, he began to see a future where the whole world would be connected electronically. Drawing from his earlier programming experience, he decided that he was not satisfied with the other online services out there, and would create his own online service. After weeks of development, he completed a bulletin board system that he felt was ready to put online. He got a separate phone line, and put it up.

After a period of time, the online service went away, but Ray's goal remained. When he was a sophomore in highschool, he connected to the internet for the first time, and was amazed. His dream was already beginning to happen. He noticed that internet sites were generally run using UNIX. He went online and found Linux, a small UNIX-like operating system. He installed Linux, and within a month, mastered it. To prove to himself what he had learned, he reinstalled Linux from scratch, with only a couple very basic components to start with, compiling and installing every package needed to run his system. After this project, he found that he truly knew the concepts of UNIX inside and out. Shortly after, he purchased a "dedicated"-PPP connection to the internet, and decided to provide dialup internet service to friends through his new system.

Over a year after the creation of Ray's online service, a teacher at his high school approached him, asking him to wire up his high school library up with internet access. He configured eight computers for internet access, overseeing the purchase of a Linux server as well. He constructed a solid network in the school library. He took his little personal online service one step further, by actually powering the school library through it. At this point, he decided that he wanted to run, and be in charge of, a major computer network.

After graduating from high school, Ray decided to move to Seattle, with the intent to place himself in the core of a rapidly growing industry. He went to work for a small local ISP, managing servers, routers, and taking care of customer service. As time went on, his importance in the company grew. Then approximately six months after he went to work there, his manager went away, leaving him with twice as much work. After another six months of running the network, he got promoted to Manager of Network Operations, and began training new people to assist in the day-to-day operations. He remained there for another two years, managing three employees. However, while management of a major computer network was his original intent, he felt that he had reached a plateu in his life where he was, and felt that he was ready to begin his descent into the world of intellectual and financial venture capital, and business development. About three weeks before the third anniversery of his employment, he gave three weeks notice that he was leaving.

In December of 1999, Ray agreed to invest into a new business with Cory Hutton, a tech-savvy web designer turned entreprenuer, with the intent of developing a better e-commerce system, allowing commerce-enabled websites to look consistant, just as much larger ones do. Since the company's conception, Ray has invested many resources into building his current business which focuses on being the very best at developing clean looking, efficient e-commerce sites for small to medium sized businesses. He has spent considerable time developing many aspects of his business. In June of 2002, Ray began development of the next generation of the software which powers his company's infrastructure.

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