| As a part-time programming consultant to other departments in the Agawam school system in the early 1970’s, mathematics teacher John Whalley purchased a small software-consulting firm that had some “live” clients. Working after school and summers out of the basement of his home in Southwick, Massachusetts, he began to build a customer base serving a small, but varied, lot of clients. In 1979, John took his experience teaching students programming on the school’s then-new computer and started Whalley Computer Associates, Inc.
In the spring of 1984, John moved out of his basement to a commercial site in Southwick. Less than a year later rapid growth forced another move to a much larger facility across the street in the Grist Mill Plaza.
John fully dedicated his efforts to his rapidly growing company, by leaving his teaching position in June of 1985.
As the company has grown John's role as President has evolved to where his primary focus is on long term planning, along with facilities and financial matters.
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