Chris Hobbick · President
Business owner.
Technology expert.
I’m Chris, owner of First-Rate Tech. I’ve spent more than 20 years in technology, working with small businesses, startups and large companies. I build things people can use and stay involved as their businesses change.
Tell me what’s not working
My résumé takes a little explaining.
I was born and raised in the Midwest, then spent 15 years in Boston and 15 in New York City. I’ve been a landlord, played drums in rock ’n’ roll bands, and traveled the world. I’ve always had something of my own going.
My work has taken me through small businesses, tech startups, big banks and publicly traded companies. I’ve seen what a large organization can do with resources—and what a small business owner has to figure out without them.
I start by asking how the work gets done, where people get stuck, and who will use what we build.
Clients tend to stay.
I started First-Rate Tech in 2018. Many clients have stayed with me for years. I’ve learned their businesses and continued helping as their needs changed.
You work directly with me. I learn how your business works, explain the choices, and stay accountable for the work we agree to do.
I plan each project with you. My team helps build, test and document it, and shows your team how to use it.
How we build
Your company stays in control.
Your accounts, data and documentation stay with your business. We build for a clear handoff, so you can keep operating and choose who supports the system.
Accounts in your name
Your company controls the accounts, customer data and business assets.
Access that stays with you
The access and source code included in your project are handed over to your company.
A documented handoff
Setup and operating guidance help your team and your chosen support provider take it forward.
A personal project · Six years in the making
The most personal thing I’ve built.
Trust Blocks is my app for families managing a digital life together: a shared vault for help today, with a way to pass access and instructions to the person who will need them later.
Like a lot of people approaching 50, I’m tech support for parents in their seventies. I’m also their oldest child and only son, already named to manage their estate.
I kept imagining the first days after they’re gone: grieving, looking at a locked phone, trying to figure out what needs to happen. Their digital life won’t disappear. Someone will have to make sense of it.
I’ve spent six years building Trust Blocks because I wanted a better starting point for my own family—and for other families facing the same thing.
Help them today.
A shared vault for passwords, accounts, devices and instructions, kept current together as you help with everyday tech needs.
Be ready for the first 30 days.
After they pass away, the vault can transfer to the person they named, with clear instructions for the immediate practical tasks while the formal estate process gets underway.
Visit Trust Blocks →trustblocksapp.com
Let’s talk about what you need.
Tell me what’s happening in your business and what you’d like to change. I’ll help you work out a practical next step.
Tell me what’s not working