The idea of Blackhawk Electronics started in 2013 when the founder, Benjamin Plain, created an access point with a Raspberry Pi. The name, Blackhawk Net was just an SSID then, however, over the next few years the idea matured. Today, Blackhawk Electronics strives to support the electronic needs of ministries or businesses who do not have the ability to maintain their electronic devices by themselves.

Benjamin is a graduate of Pensacola Christian College with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in biblical exposition. His wife Jessica is also a graduate of PCC with a Master degree in Business Administration. Since Benjamin was very young, he has always enjoyed working with anything that has to do with electricity.

Purpose

• Help churches, schools, and other small business that do not have the technical expertise to be able to use technology properly (See here)
• Advance knowledge of technology by bringing the skills of others together
• Promote Open Source: The technology that is used every day should not be secret
• Eradicate the idea of “computer illiteracy”

Areas of Knowledge

• IT
  • Servers
  • Networking
  • Programs that help automate
• Electronics
  • Devices that cost much less than what is available
• Churches
  • General Management
  • Sound Systems and Acoustics
  • Video
  • Lighting