John W. Van Tassell joined Dawnbreaker in October 2007. He brings 17 years of small business experience to Dawnbreaker after spending the last 12 years as the owner/operator of a computer retail and service establishment specializing in high-end performance PCs. Additional to working in the computer industry John was also involved with the performance automotive industry, designing and manufacturing turbo, supercharging and fuel management systems for high-horsepower applications with an education in Automotive Technology 1 + 2 and Precision Machining from the Board of Cooperative Educational Services in New York. He now works with our Outreach and Evaluation Team providing support to the Navy and DOE programs in addition to providing service to our tech support team. His primary responsibilities include database management, contact information research and systems hardware tech support.