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A Whole New World
North Star Technology Leadership Demystifies IT for Clients
BY JOSEPH BEDNAR
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Michael Weber
says he eases
anxiety around
AI while giving
businesses
real tools and
strategies to
use it.
After 20 years building a successful commercial printing busi-
ness, Michael Weber stopped the presses and took a step into
his future — both his own and that of the changing role of
business IT.
The printing story begins around 2004, when Weber and his
wife, Lindsey, who were living in Boston at the time, had the oppor-
tunity to buy Minuteman Press in Enfield, Conn. So they moved to
this region and began to grow that business, eventually expanding
it to two more locations in Springfield and Brattleboro, Vt., with
numerous employees at all three sites.
When Weber received an offer to sell the company in late 2023,
he was intrigued.
“The business had changed a lot over 20 years, and I thought
it was an interesting opportunity and an interesting time to do
something new. So that’s what we did,” he told BusinessWest. “We
accepted the offer and took some time off. We traveled with the kids
and tried to enjoy life the best we could for a little while — knowing
that I needed to get back to work at some point.”
Before his two decades in the printing world, Weber earned a
degree in management information systems at Worcester Polytech-
nic Institute and built a career as a middleware engineer, and had
kept his finger on the pulse of IT since. His idea for a second career
was to become a fractional chief technology officer (CTO), someone
who offers technology leadership and expertise to client companies
on a contract basis.
That’s how his current enterprise, North Star Technology Lead-
ership, was born.
“I have a unique
skill set in the
sense that I
understand
technology, but I
also understand
business. So I can
talk to business
owners about their
technology in a
way that’s very
different than
most technology
people can.”
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