Who we are
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About Texastar.com
Texastar.com was originally registered in November of 1994 by Mr. Robert Ellis Smith, and has now been serving clients via the Internet for over 15 years. Robert has been an entrepreneur in the Texoma region of Texas and a contractor to several state government agencies in that area since the late 1980's.
Texastar.com has varied in size from one to several employees over the years, and has been a stopping off point for several developers as they grew in experience and knowledge, and finally landed that "dream job". For general contact information regarding sales, accounting, employment, etc. please visit our Contact Us page. Our current lead staff are introduced below:
About Robert Smith
Robert tells a story of how he got involved with computers as a result of sitting one day in the mid-1980's with his adult son, Erik, who was excitedly demonstrating one of the latest Commodore 64 computer text-based adventure games. When they reached a point in the game where they could not solve the puzzle, Erik exited the program and began viewing the program files using an editor. Robert tells how this view of the program files combined with his son's explanation began to make sense.
Robert soon purchased a "luggable" computer for his business travels, and in time took a number of business and computer programming courses at college. With his new skills in hand, Robert contracted a job building a Bulletin Board System for a State Regional Government Office. That position, and the BBS, soon found their way on the Internet, with Texastar.com as Robert's business domain.
Robert isn't nearly so active with the company these days, as he has settled into his new home in Sherman, Texas and looks forward to retirement playing with his grandchildren.
About Erik McCarty
Erik McCarty was born and reared in Irving, Texas. He enlisted in the Navy in 1981, and enjoyed 10 years as a Data Systems Technician. During his stint in the service, Erik completed his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Design Block at the University of Texas at Austin.
Erik has worked in management, engineering, utilities, manufacturing, and telecommunications. He has bee a computer consultant to numerous companies over the years, and has developed his skills in Internet Web Site Design, Software Engineering in numerous programming languages, and e-commerce applications.
About Priscilla Tantaruna-McCarty
Priscilla was born in Lima, Peru, South America to Hernan Tantaruna and Julia Guzman. When she was three years old, her father and mother brought her to San Jose, Ca. where her father worked and provided for his family of six until his early retirement in 1992. She is currently attending a local college, and helping out with the business between times.
Priscilla brings design review, language translation services ( Spanish / English ), and Administrative skills to the company. She handles the majority of the Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable, Payroll, and Human Resources issues of the company.
About Jessica Brandy-Lynn McCarty
Jessica was born in Fairfield California, but has had the pleasure of living a great number of places as her father, Erik traveled the United States in both the military service and as an Electrical Engineer and consultant. These days Jessica's primary focus is completing her Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, with intention of becoming a business Accountant. Jessica currently assists with accounting issues on an as needed basis, and provides ad-hoc financial and tax advice.
Jessica's nick name is Nike, and originates from a small scar on her leg which looks like an inverted "Nike Swoosh". Jessica got the scar on a childhood fishing expedition, when a hidden rock attacked her from behind.
About Mary Smith
Mary is the beautiful young wife of Owner Robert Smith. She is the mother of three boys, contagious laughter, and everyone here at Texastar.com. Mary does a little bit of everything for the company, and makes sure we all get everything done.
About the rest of us...
For various and sundry personal reasons, not everyone want's to have their name plastered across the internet. So a few of our people have asked to remain in the background for now. Rest assured that they are loved, and cared for, and only beaten every other Sunday ;)
