Who we are

In 2004, Edu-Tech Academic Solutions was launched as a division of Adver-Tech Consulting & Management, Inc. in response to the technology support, service and training needs of Philadelphia area independent schools. Since that time, we have helped many of the region’s independent schools (small and large), advance their technology in order to more effectively support their academic plan and administrative processes.

Our Philosophy

Edu-Tech is a unique concept in educational technology support and management. Our strategy has always remained consistent with our company philosophy, “Empowering Independent Schools”. Many technology organizations provide support with a “break-fix” mentality. They rush in, make repairs and move on to the next site. Through many years of experience, we have found that this is not the best solution for  effective support and as a result we have built our organization around an entirely new model.

Our model focuses on “partnering with schools” to help provide each organization with focused support and guidance at guaranteed low rates. This allows each school to develop at a pace that meets their academic needs, as well as their fiscal requirements. In some cases, this requires the placement of an Edu-Tech team member(s) in your school on a full or part time basis. For other schools, we are able to provide supplemental support to your internal IT staff or teaching community to complete large scale projects, provide extra support, or provide un-biased consulting when you are considering a technology-based solution for your school. We can even plan and implement staff development/training programs at your school, or at our state of the art training center located in West Chester, PA.

Our Team

Copyright 2004-2010 Edu-Tech Academic Solutions

Joe Duke - Client Services Director

Joe has been part of the Edu-Tech team since it’s inception. Serving multiple roles within the organization as it has grown, Joe currently provides overall direction and mentoring for our staff and clients in his role as Client Services Director. Joe’s background includes over 20 years of electronics and technology repair and support service. Joe holds more than 20 different Apple technology support and repair certifications that date back to the Apple IIe and Apple’s line of printer products released in the mid 1980’s.

Tom Kienle - Technology Services Field Engineer

Tom has worked with Edu-Tech for over four years providing hardware and software support for faculty, staff and students within our client schools. Tom is also responsible for maintaining and performing hardware repair services on a wide variety of hardware products at our schools, including servers, workstations, one to one student laptops, printers and copiers. With over 20 years of academic technology experience and certification in Apple hardware repair and a wide variety of commercial printer products, Tom is a great resource for solving many of the problems our clients encounter.

Bob Sager - President

Edu-Tech’s founder, Bob Sager has been involved in the field of educational technology for over 20 years, including experience in K-12 instruction, technology integration and infrastructure planning. Bob is an alumnus of the College of Education at The Ohio State University and holds an M.Ed in instructional technology from Arcadia University. As an adjunct professor, Bob has worked closely with teachers who have returned to college as graduate students to obtain training and experience in technology integration toward completion of a post-graduate degree program.