Gene Ruda

Interactive design, development and information technology expertise. Ably matches specialty, niche, complex and technical products to buying customers and clients.

Natural and organic food advocate and activist. Restaurateur, chef and baker. A leader in the earliest efforts to re-establish a natural and organic approach to the food supply chain. A very early advocate of what is now referred to as “Green”, "farm to fork" and ”LOHAS” - lifestyles of health and sustainability.

Audio-visual specialist, filmmaker, writer, information technology manager and an early adopter of digital media and Internet applications. Performance musician, singer-songwriter of folk, jazz, blues and other forms.

Worked for or consulted top-level management at SGI, AutoDesk, Apple, AT&T, Kaiser Permanente, Radiant Systems (ReMACS), Sage Software (SBT), US Foodservice, Sysco, UniPro and others. For five years served as an adjunct university professor teaching “Computer Applications in the Hospitality Industry”.