Mitchell has been programming computers for more than 40 years, 30 of those professionally. He has programmed various types of hardware and software, including IBM mainframes, mid-range and workstation and mobile devices. Mitchell has been programming in the hatchery industry since 2008. He owns a small "backyard" sized chicken flock, which delivers just enough eggs for his family and provides entertainment for his grandchildren.

Joe has been an IT professional for 40 years, with the last 16 of those in the hatchery industry. He has a wide diversity of business and IT background, and is an expert in designing systems that meet a business' needs. He is also a hatchery owner and customer of HatcheryManager.com. Please visit Joe's hatchery at www.clabornfarms.com.

President and Owner of McMurray Hatchery (www.mcmurrayhatchery.com), Bud Wood had a long and successful career in IT before joining McMurray Hatchery as a partner in 2001. Bud was responsible for writing much of the main-frame software that ran McMurray Hatchery. First as a, contract programmer, then as a partner in McMurray Hatchery, and then as the owner, Bud has overseen the transformation of McMurray Hatchery from a mail-order business, to a phone-order based business and now into an Internet based business. These transformations have required increasing levels of computer assistance to fulfill the customers expectations.