Computer Repair Service Area List

Story of Tim Porter
Senior Technician

Tim, having been born and raised in Elk Grove was exposed to and fell in love with all things electronic at a young age. He started out self taught and gained “on the job” experience learning from other generous technicians while working for one of the many small “Mom and Pop” computer stores in the Sacramento area in the late 90’s. With 18 years of professional experience he is proficient in most things PC, Mac, home and small business networking, dabbles in Linux and has helped clients with home theater related issues as well. His main goal as a technician is to provide the most cost effective and efficient solutions to our clients so he can have ample time to focus on his wife and three children.

Story of Theo Chiff
PC/Apple Technician

Theo, born and raised in Midtown Sacramento, has been working on PCs since Windows 3.1. Theo likes to cook, pickle, and enjoys the great outdoors. He is an avid yoga practitioner which adds to his already calm, friendly and patient demeanor. He specializes primarily in PC repairs, software troubleshooting and business networking.

Story of Michael Grippi
Owner

Michael, a bay area native, started on his first computer at the age of 7. By 13 he was working at the local computer repair shop learning and studying how to fix computers. He spent two years as a Network Administrator for a large law firm in San Francisco, and again as a Network Administrator for a large non profit in Santa Cruz. While completing his B.A in Communications from U.C Davis he decided to found Yoga Bear Computer Repair, taking his 15+ years experience at the time and putting it in service for the greater Sacramento community.

Story of Corey Galipeau
PC/Apple Technician

Corey, a Sacramento native, has been in IT and Computer Repair for the better part of a decade. He has a passion for information security, web development, and business networking.

Story of Ken White
Senior Technician

Ken started on his first computer at the age of 4, roughly 35 years ago. It was a Timex Sinclair. Since then he has been a ‘technology evangelist’ as he would put it. After studying computer science and digital electronics, he spent 6 years as a help desk technician at Earthlink troubleshooting dial up connections, ISDN, and early DSL. Afterwards he had 3 years as a rework / electronics troubleshooter for NEC / Packard Bell, followed by 3 years as a rework technician for Apple Computer disassembling iMacs and Macbooks. For the last 10 years he has served as a consultant and network engineer / administrator for various small businesses, on both small scale and enterprise level projects.