Austin Baar

Owner, Whatcom IT

Austin started his career early by building his first computer at 12 years old. While manipulating software as a hobby, he was lead down a path into video game development for a few years. This eventually helped spark an interest for Austin to go back to school, graduate, and change career paths towards business IT support. Today, Austin owns and operates his own company (Whatcom IT, Inc.) supporting business with their IT needs. He also leads a local IT meetup group (Whatcom IT Professionals) that aims to help students find internships and IT professionals find careers while teaching the local community about IT.