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High-Tech Solutions

Wesley C. Dias is a problem solver. At his Washington, D.C.-based Argosy Consulting Group, he helps companies and government agencies use new technology to handle information flow and get the most out of their investment. Otherwise, he says, high-tech computers are just glorified typewriters. “You don’t need a $2,500 machine to type,” says Dias. “The work flow in that situation stays exactly the same.”
      Argosy advises various industries on how to take maximum advantage of technology. Dias and his business partner, Mark J. Hamilton, count information technology companies, physicians, credit unions, federal government agencies, and even law enforcement agencies among their clients. “As computers began to play an information management role, people moved away from restructuring and began throwing hardware at issues,” says the College of Arts and Sciences graduate. “This is all about organizational evolution.”
     In fact, it’s not surprising to find companies suffering from “growing pains” as they begin to incorporate new technology into their work, Dias says. “We see ourselves facilitating their effectiveness in dealing with the changes so they can be successful. It all comes down to problem solving.”
      Besides work, fitness and meditation are mainstays of Dias’s life. In 1994, he discovered Chi Gung, an internal martial arts technique that combines exercise and meditation to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Dias says Chi Gung “enables you to identify, strengthen, and reinvent yourself constantly and lovingly. You become comfortable with the path you’ve chosen.”
      Dias credits Chi Gung, as part of his personal development regimen, with giving him confidence in decision-making, and helping him maintain his vision, stamina, and creativity. “It’s amazingly freeing to embrace complete personal power and responsibility and realize at each moment you’ve made the best decision you could make at the time,” he says.

—Erin Duggan