About Us

WELS Leadership Team

Muriel Wong Lundgren

Muriel Wong Lundgren is founder and Executive Director for the National Institute for Innovative Leadership and the author of Web-Based Early Learning System (WELS). Her understanding of early care and education and systems development of quality improvement and resources for early learning and school age programs has been the driving force and vision for the development of WELS.

Bluejeanware

Software development for WELS is provided by Bluejeanware (www.bluejeanware.net) who develops custom software for non-profits and social enterprises. Bluejeanware employs a core group of top-flight programming and design analysts focused on web-based development and acting as independent contractors. We have strong relationships with web graphic designers and developers, and other resource providers. For more information about the team, please visit www.bluejeanware.net.

Carlos Valdes

Carlos Valdes is President of Bluejeanware and CEO of PC Depot. He is the founder of Windows Users Group of South Florida. Carlos has nineteen years overall IT experience in all facets of Technology (support, programming, planning, auditing, and managing), and specializes in network operating systems and hardware, database administration of Oracle, Sybase, and SQL Server systems, and in application development and deployment for Windows and Unix systems. He is an expert technologist.

John Fiedler

John Fiedler, CEO of Bluejeanware, and senior strategist. John worked for nine years in the space and aeronautical industries, starting as a programmer/ engineer at Lockheed, followed by NASA and M.I.T. Research and Engineering as a staff specialist. John then worked for thirty years at The Miami Herald as Director of Information Technology and Director of Advanced Systems before retiring to the consulting world.