About Systems Connect

Chuck St. Arnaud, Chairman and CEO

Chuck St. Arnaud is the Chairman & CEO. He has been managing the company since 1995 and during that time the company has won numerous awards to include Small Business of the Year, Savannah Small Business Advocate and Savannah Small Business Person to name a few.

Chuck has a masters degree in marketing from the University of Richmond and is an adjunct professor of marketing for the College of Business Administration, SSU. He is a frequent speaker on the Internet and writes about the net for the Savannah News. Chuck is a retired Army General and brings his education and experience to help his company and more important to coach and mentor his team members.

Jesse Bushkar, Marketing Director

Jesse moved to Savannah in 1988 from Tucson, AZ. Attending Chatham County Public Schools, Jesse's junior year of high school found him in the inaugural class of the Savannah Arts Academy. His work there earned positions at both WJCL and WTOC before the age of 18. He attended the University of GA and earned a degree in Journalism and a Minor Certificate from the New Media Institute.

After school, Jesse worked as the Program Director for the Habersham YMCA in Savannah, heading up both their sports programs and their Summer day camp programs. He earned his GA State Real Estate License and spent time at Whitley & Associates, one of Savannah's premier Commercial Real Estate Firms.

During this entire time, Jesse built and designed websites in his own time. Self-taught, Jesse was being contracted to build websites as far back as 1999 (at the age of 16). Specializing in PHP, CSS, XHTML, and various Content Management Systems, his professional experience gives him a unique understanding into his clients' goals.

Carlos Velasco, Senior Designer

Carlos was born and raised in Honduras where he taught himself music production, graphic design, web development and computer repair. He graduated from the Savannah College of Art And Design with a major in Interactive Design and Game Development and a Minor in Sound Design. He also gained considerable experience in information technology and customer service due to positions held while working at SCAD. After considerable freelance web design experience, he is now the Senior Designer at Systems Connect.

His primary goal as a web developer is to boost the client's business and to provide them with the best virtual portal available to an international market. This enables business to work in ways that are not possible in a physical realm and to do so with style and distinction.

Thomas Nall, Senior Sales Executive

Tom was born in Connecticut and attended school in East Lyme, Connecticut. After School, Tom and a high school friend started an Internet radio station that survived from 1998- 2002. In the time the station was around, Tom interviewed celebrities such as Ted Nugent, Anthony Michael Hall, and Jason Mewes, just to name a few. Internet radio, although fun, proved not financially viable and a little ahead of it's time back then.

Tom moved to Savannah in the year 2000. He attended Armstrong State University to study Computer Science before becoming the Business Manager for Gateway Computers. After Gateway, he worked in the Retail Computer Electronics sector for Best Buy, Circuit City, and Staples before finding his home at Systems Connect.

Nick Bushkar, Web Designer

Nick grew up in Savannah and attended The Savannah Arts Academy throughout High School, majoring in telecommunications. After High School Nick became heavily involved in local theatre, earning many roles including the Lead in "Grease" at the Trustees Theatre in 2005.

His craft took him to New York City for school at the American Music & Dramatic Academy. After receiving his 2 year degree, he moved to Los Angeles to AMDA's West Coast Campus to continue his schooling.

Still in his early twenties, this creative exposure has given Nick an eye that few in his position possess. During all of this schooling, Nick has been building and designing websites. Though he still lives in LA just a few blocks from Grauman's Theatre, Nick always has a few Systems Connect projects on his plate.