"Perpetual Technologies was founded on July 18, 1997 by Ron Plew and Ryan Stephens. Ron and Ryan worked as database programmers and administrators for many years and recognized industry deficiencies. The company was created to provide quality DBA-centric training and consulting services. The company has always been dedicated to this ideal and adopted the motto ""Service Excellence for the Data-Driven Enterprise."" Perpetual Technologies hired its first employee, Chris Zeis, in the spring of 1998. The founders recognized a special blend of excellence in Chris, and made him a partner. With this leadership team, Perpetual Technologies was poised to become a prominent competitor in the database marketplace. Since the beginning Perpetual Technologies has provided technically proficient staff, superior communicators devoted to customer service."