Who We Are

Kris and Kurt Schroeder are a husband and wife team that create websites to meet your objectives. Besides being programmers, they are artists who make sure your website has a layout that fits your company’s needs and makes a statement about you and your business.

“We make sure your website works in different browsers with different operating systems,” says Kris Schroeder. “Since 1995, we’ve been developing websites that are basic (static) to websites that receive information from databases, update databases or provide e-commerce solutions,” adds partner Kurt Schroeder.

Kris Schroeder -

Kris Schroeder, president of I Know Tek, Inc., has been developing websites since 1995. Since there weren’t any formal classes in the early 1990s, she learned through books and the web. Her past experience with various companies included page layout and presentation graphics.

Kris has continued learning of new developments on the web and has become a Certified Internet Web Professional (CIW Certified). She is a member of the International Webmasters Association/HTML Writers Guild, an online organization.

An active networker, Kris is a member of the DBR Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWB0). She was awarded “Volunteer of the Year” from the DBR Chamber of Commerce in 2003.

Kris completes many websites on her own, but she also works with her husband, Kurt, on many of their website projects. With his expertise in database and programming, they make a good team.

When Kris isn’t busy designing and building websites, she enjoys photographing such nature subjects as flowers, animals, trees, and birds. (www.kristinasphotos.com) She also enjoys reading fantasy and science fiction books. Although her time is limited, Kris enjoys working on crafts and has built a dollhouse.

Kurt Schroeder -

Kurt Schroeder, vice president of I Know Tek, Inc., holds a degree in computer science from the University of Southern Connecticut (SCSU). Besides working as a teaching assistant at SCSU, his first job was as a programmer/analyst working on IBM system computers

Moving to Illinois, he was part of a development team at TimeWorks creating PC software for Commodore 64, Apple II, MAC, DOS, early versions of Window and OS/2. This established a foundation for future programs written for the World Wide Web. Before he left the company, he was the IT director.

Other corporate jobs followed. As a consultant, Kurt wrote software for the AS/400, worked extensively with Novell and Windows networks. He became certified by Microsoft, on SQL Server, Networking, TCP/IP, and other Microsoft products.

Due to his experience with Networks and Main Frames, he became the WAN coordinator for Avesta Sheffield Steel (North America). Here he focused on AS/400 and Windows software integration.

Kurt’s internet languages include ten plus years with Cold Fusion and extensive experience with ASP.NET, ASP and PHP. He is currently working on his .NET certification. Other languages include RPG/400, C, VC++, Visual Basic, SQL, COBOL, FORTRAN.