Justin Laing

A brief time line of important milestones…

• March 3rd, 1979: Born in Santa Cruz, CA

• 1984?: Mother (Karen) married Gene
• 1984?: Moved to Scotts Valley, CA

• 1985: Learned to Boogie Board
• 1991: Learned to Surf
• 1993: Graduated Santa Cruz Waldorf School (K-8th).
• Summer 1996: Took a road trip of over 8,000 miles with my friends Justin (yes, another one!) and Scot.

• 1997: Graduated Harbor High School, Santa Cruz, CA.

• 1997-1999: Worked for UCSC and APT Technologies programming and doing web development.
• Fall 1999: Met Jessica (then Millikan)

• 2000: Had Some Good Friends

Big J (other Justin), Me, Scot, Ben

• 2001: Had some rats as pets!

• Spring 2002: Graduated University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) - Majors in Computer Science and Biology (Honors)
• August 3rd, 2002: Married to Jessica Millikan (now Laing)
• August 2002: Moved to Olympia Washington
• 2002-2004: Worked at Schoolmaster
• 2003: Learned to windsurf.
• August 2003: Started BikeSoft with Ivan Stanojevic
• October 2003: Adopted Chai, our dog

• September 2004: Released BikeSoft (now MerchantOS) service to bike shops at Interbike 2004.

• December 2004: Moved into our new house, Quince St., Olympia WA.

• December 2004: Started surfing with local surf squad every Sunday at Westport WA.
• January 2005: Started rock climbing.
• May 2006: MerchantOS Launch.
• 2007: ????

Justin and Chai backpacking near Chain Lakes, Cascades Mountains Washington 2005

• January 27th, 2007: Daughter Maya is born.