QNS was founded in late 1997 when owner/founder, Mel Workman, was asked by a good friend to assist in some technology challenges at the local high school in Sullivan, Illinois.  Workman was employed at that time by a local manufacturing company as their IT person.  He quickly realized that schools were not effectively utilizing technology to improve the K-12 educational environment.   Within a short time, Workman was dedicating himself to bettering K-12 technology to assist teachers throughout Central Illinois and subsequently the Midwest.