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The Green Bay Press-Gazette talks with business leaders in its Saturday conversation feature.

This week, Jason Davies, president of TechRx Inc. a data maintenance and recovery company, talks about his business.

Davies has worked full time in information technology since high school and also has 26 years of piano performance experience. He has Microsoft Certified Professional and A+ certification.

Q. What is your business?

A. TechRx Inc. offers professional data recovery services, virus removal and technology consulting/planning related to any business that seeks an outside-the-box perspective.

Q. What made you choose this type of business?

A. It permits me the ability to focus on specific areas of interest and allows me to spend more quality time with my family.

Q.Where does your business plan have you in three years?

A. Doing what I do best with three more years of experience.

Q. How many jobs are involved immediately and how many in three years?

A. I handle a group of between 600 and 1,000 clients a year.

Q.Where did you get your initial financing?

A. TechRx Inc. was a self-funded start-up.

Q.Who is your target audience?

A. Those willing to invest in themselves and those willing to receive the most creative solutions to their technology issues.

To be more specific, individuals with data recovery needs, or technology-related problems (hard drive crashes, virus problems, computer issues); those fed up with big box stores who desire someone who will take the time to resolve their issues the first time and be able to explain technology in a manner that is English, not Greek.

The other type of person I look for is the corporate leaders who want to look outside the box. My thought process is something you just won't find with another company, because, I don't work for anyone else.

Q.What do you recommend clients do to protect their data?

A. Data protection requires planning that most people are unwilling to invest in until it is too late. The first suggestion I have is that people work backwards. Instead of investing in expensive technology, they need to invest in a backup solution first; then, build their technology upon that.

The second point is to diversify backups. Depending on the "size" of the data, use multiple mediums. Say you want to protect your desktop? Burn a DVD; backup to a thumb drive; and use an external drive. This way your using optical, flash and magnetic media. This diversifies the mediums against failure.

Secondly, once you diversify, disaster-plan. Consider what could happen to your data and take steps to protect it. Do not store DVDs in your car where they could melt. Do not put a magnetic hard drive somewhere that it could be exposed to dropping or stress.

Thirdly, do not keep all your backup equipment in the same place.

Finally, the most important part: do not assume that you have an automatic backup. Check it often. Attempt an actual restore once in a while.

Keep in mind, companies like Carbonite, Mozy, etc., host your data on hard drives. If your data is critical to your success, make sure you save it elsewhere, too.

Q.When did you start business?

A. TechRx started January 2009.

Q.What advice do you have for new businesses getting started?

A. The best advice for any new business getting started is focus on what you do best. Align yourself with people who are a minimum three times more successful than you and learn from their mistakes.

Learn from your mistakes and never fear what you do not understand. If you are meant to succeed in a given area, you will.

Keep your family your No. 1 priority, and certainly be sure to thank God each day for showing you his plans.