Amanda Harper recently hit two Amazon.com best-seller lists with the new book, “The Business Owners Essential Guide To I.T. and All Things Digital – Version 2.”

Manassas, VA – February 13, 2015 – Information technology expert Amanda Harper recently joined a select group of leading I.T. experts from across North America to co-write the new book titled, The Business Owners Essential Guide To I.T. and All Things Digital, Version 2: 17 Critical Facts Every Business Must Know To Maximize Their Company’s Efficiency, Security, Employee Productivity And Profits. The book was released on February 5, 2015 by CelebrityPress™ – a leading business book publisher.

On the day of release, The Business Owners Guide To I.T. and All Things Digital – Version 2 reached best-seller status in two Amazon.com categories – reaching as high as #1 in the “Computer Science” category.  The book also reached best-seller status in the “Computers and Technology” category. Amanda Harper contributed a chapter titled “Disaster Recovery.”

Amanda Harper is president of Gaeltek, LLC in Manassas, Virginia.  She oversees day-to-day management of non-technical operations.  She co-founded Gaeltek in 2004 and joined the company full-time in 2009. Ms. Harper is the co-author of Business IT 101:  A Business Owner’s Guide for Finding Hassle-Free Computer Support (2011). She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Bridgewater College; her M.P.A. in Public Administration is from Virginia Commonwealth University.  She is also the recipient of numerous United States government awards and honors, including from the U. S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of the Navy, and from the U. S. Department of Homeland Security for her commitment and efforts to testing and strengthening the government’s response to cyber-attacks.

CelebrityPress™ describes the book:

For the past 60 years, the Digital World has been steadily infiltrating our lives. Like all epic changes, digital progress has touched us all. For those following the progress of the Information Age, the Digital World has moved us to a higher level of specialization and efficiency, while simultaneously allowing us a laser-focus on our activities.

Spearheading the technical backup for Information Technology in the business world are specialists in computer systems and their applications. We highlight the CelebrityExperts® in this book who so diligently contribute to this process. These entrepreneurs develop and adapt computer systems to better organize and run our businesses. They have competed in the marketplace and achieved the success of surviving and thriving in the Digital Era that we enjoy – truly a feat in the competitive world of today.

You too can readily benefit from these CelebrityExperts®. These authors share their experiences to help you develop your business and avoid the errors they have made along the way. If you wish to succeed, it is far better to be guided by those that have made a successful trip rather than follow the advice of someone who has only read the map.

After such a successful release, Amanda Harper will be recognized by The National Academy of Best-Selling Authors™, an organization that honors authors from many of the leading independent best-seller lists.

Click HERE to order a copy of “The Business Owners Guide To I.T. and All Things Digital – Version 2.”

A portion of the royalties from this project will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

More About Amanda Harper:

Before joining Gaeltek, Inc., Ms. Harper was a spokesperson and press officer in the Office of Press Relations at the United States Department of State from July 2005 through July 2009.  She was responsible for explaining U.S. policy on international issues to U.S. and foreign media audiences.   She also represented the U.S. Department of State in interagency meetings, planning sessions, and international exercises to test and strengthen the United States government’s response to cyber-attacks and other incidents of national significance.  Before joining the Office of Press Relations, she served as Public Affairs Specialist in the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (April 2004 – July 2005) where she designed and implemented press and public outreach strategies to enhance the public’s understanding of the United States Refugee Program.

From May 2002 to April 2004, Ms. Harper was the Information Officer for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, where she managed the public affairs outreach program, responded to media inquiries and maintained routine contact with foreign and domestic journalists on diverse issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region.  From June 2000 to May 2002, Ms. Harper was a program analyst with the U. S. Department of the Navy.  She served as the Deputy Director, Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, where she counseled and assisted small and disadvantaged businesses with procurement regulations and practices, determined the appropriate buying office for their product, and provided pertinent data on Department of Defense procurements.  She was also the Assistant Lead for Earned Value Management Systems and evaluated contract status by analyzing contractors’ use of internal cost and schedule management control systems to ensure that actual work performed met technical cost and schedule requirements, resource planning, and operational schedules.  Ms. Harper joined the United States government as a Presidential Management Fellow.

Learn more about Amanda Harper and Gaeltek at http://www.gaeltek.com/

About Celebrity Press™:

Celebrity Press™ is a leading business, health and wellness book publisher that publishes books from thought leaders around the world. Celebrity Press™ has published books alongside Jack Canfield, Brian Tracy, Dan Kennedy, Dr. Ivan Misner, Robert Allen and many of the biggest experts across diverse fields. CelebrityPress™ has helped launch over 1,500 best-selling authors to date.

Learn more at http://www.celebritypresspublishing.com