Onlight founder Karl Vollbrecht passed away August 4, 2003. He is truly missed by his friends, colleauges and family.

The Onlight team is carrying on his tradition of excellence and cutting edge ingenuity.

Onlight is a business to business Internet Solutions Provider focused on helping clients achieve competitive advantage by implementing high-impact Internet Solutions. Onlight is constantly improving the real-world performance of our customer's Internet experience.

In addition to providing next step consulting on Internet utilization and applications, we assist our clients in optimizing their existing technology and, in most cases, reducing cost.

Onlight's founders have been intent on making technology assessable to people and have not been afraid to take entrepreneurial risks into leading edge technology to make this happen.

This team was the first to bring high speed Internet connectivity into Milwaukee, Wisconsin forming the first independent commercial Internet Service Provider, alpha dot net. alpha dot net catered to businesses in the mid-west serving over 1.5 million end users.

To meet the demand of alpha dot net customers who wanted to leverage their Internet connectivity for market advantage Onlight was founded in 2001. Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Onlight has deployed a variety of Internet applications and solutions serving thousands of end users.

Management Team

Each of Onlight's engineers has over 15 years of experience with the Internet and provide unique expertise in a number of IP networking fields.

Betty Vollbrecht, President

Betty Vollbrecht has been in the accounting field for the last 23 years, including involvement in technology related businesses for the last 17 years. As you read through the credentials of the rest of the staff, you will see that Onlight has some of the best and most experienced people in the business. Each member of the management team brings their own unique talents to the business. We also look forward to becoming a part of your team's success.

Tim Chase, Vice President, Engineering

Tim Chase is responsible for network architecture and new product design at Onlight. Specializing in software, network design and integration, he helped build alpha dot net's carrier-class backbone to deliver the high quality services that became their trademark. He brought this expertise to Onlight, where he has been instrumental in the design and development of the Oasis product.

Nic Bernstein, Vice President, Operations

Nic Bernstein is responsible for network administration and new product development at Onlight. Nic has been involved with the internet since 1987 and has extensive experience on the other side of the firewall, as well working with network managers and IT administrators to deliver useful network services to their users and clients. Nic is a regular contributor to Open Source software projects and makes extensive use of Open Source solutions every day.