Arlo Leach, chief technology officer

Like an alchemist turning lead into gold, Arlo delights in turning messy procedures into streamlined processes. As Type A's cofounder and chief technology officer, Arlo works with clients to establish their technical needs, leads R&D initiatives, and designs the proprietary software systems that support our daily operations.

Experience
Arlo graduated cum laude from Grinnell College with a BA in English and Music. His 12 years of experience in e-learning centers on web programming, relational database design, and documentation and is augmented by LMS integration, web server administration, data encryption, and other high-level IT skills. Always eager to share his technical expertise, Arlo also moonlights as an instructor at Compy School, a classroom he created to help beginner computer users.

Arlo has served many of Type A's clients, including Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Molex, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and Walgreens.

What it means to be Type A
"Type A means imagining future problems and solving them," says Arlo, "before they occur."