Biography
Louis J. Erickson, Jr.
Vice President
Bit-Wizards Custom Software Solutions, Inc.
Senior Software Engineer, MCSD, MCP
Louis J. Erickson, Jr. is a Senior Software Engineer and Vice President/Co-Founder
of Bit-Wizards Custom Software Solutions, Inc. of Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Bit-Wizards
Custom Software Solutions is an innovative commercial technology company that provides
Professional Software Engineering, E-Commerce, Wireless, Web, Consulting, and Information
Technology Solutions. He has over 9 years of experience years developing windows
based software applications with C and C++.
Louis started his career in information technology in 1992 as a mission planning
analyst assistant were he was tasked with ensuring the accuracy of flight planning
models. After graduating from Troy State University with a Computer Science Degree
in 1994 he became a mission planning analyst and was tasked with the creation of
flight planning models in C. Having developed an interest in Windows architecture
and development Louis took a job with McDonnell Douglas to develop Visual Basic
applications to support the Saudi Arabian Royal Air Force that same year. After
developing sound technical skills in Windows development Louis was asked to join
a 15 member development team to build a large scale military housing application
in 1995. After two years Louis had mastered the technical side of Windows programming
using tools such as Visual C++, MFC, ODBC, and many others. Furthermore, he learned
the process of software engineering and was heavily involved with the CMM process.
In 1998 Louis decided to test his skills in the commercial sector and moved to Austin
Texas where he worked on numerous fast paced software projects for an industry leading
software company. The ranges of projects were vast and included scientific, business,
and IT support applications. Louis excelled at solving numerous business problems
with information technology within schedule and budget.
In late 1997, Louis with his long time best friend Vincent W. Mayfield started laying
the foundation for their own Software Engineering firm. It started as an idea on
a napkin at children's birthday party at Chucky Cheese Pizza in Fort Walton Beach,
Florida. Louis and Vince wanted to build a company where innovation and creativity
would flourish while adhering to proven engineering methods that provided quality
within the schedule and budget allotted. Over the next few years, Louis and Vince
conducted detailed planning on the creation and eventual operation of Bit-Wizards.
In the early part of 2000 Louis and Vince partnered as independent contractors and
incorporated Bit-Wizards Custom Software Solutions in Austin Texas. After a year
of successful projects with various customers, Vince and Louis were faced with a
choice; Do we grow roots here with the relationships we've started or do we go home?
Louis and Vince were raised in the Fort Walton Beach area and had close ties to
the there. They were aware of the excellent business potential in the North West
Florida Region. They subsequently moved Bit-Wizards to Fort Walton Beach and re-incorporated
in Florida where the company resides today.
Louis holds a BS in Computer and Information Sciences with Minors in Mathematics
and Physics from Troy State University Florida Region. He holds a Microsoft Certified
Solutions Developer Certification.
Louis resides in Fort Walton Beach, Florida with his beautiful wife Tabitha and
their 3 cats.