About Us

About Us

MissingRemote is a home for all things home theater and HTPC related products. MissingRemote was launched in 2006 by former HTPCNews.com editors Alan Cooke and John Clabaugh. In July 2009 the site was purchased and continues to be owned and operated by Mike Garcen.

Editor-in-Chief:
Mike Garcen | mike@missingremote.com | @mikegarcen

Mike has been with MissingRemote.com since 2006 and owner since 2009. Additionally, he is an editor/moderator at Media Center forum TheGreenButton.com since 2003, and has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 2005 until present. He has been an avid Home Theater PC (HTPC) enthusiast since 1999 when he built his first with an AMD K6-2 400mhz system, and also served as Senior Product Manager at boutique home theater PC company Niveus Media, Inc from 2007 through 2010. Since late 2011, Mike has worked as regional product manager for the mobility division at Belkin, International.

Webmaster/Editor:
Michael Welter | mikinho@missingremote.com | @mikinho

Senior Editors:
Andrew Van Til | andrew@missingremote.com | @babgvant

Andrew has been with MissingRemote since August, 2009. A longtime home theater enthusiast, he got started with HTPC in 1999 after installing a DVD-ROM drive and pulling A/V cables from the office to the TV. In addition to MissingRemote, Andrew also maintains several free HTPC software applications including DVRMSToolbox and LcdWriter at babgvant.com.

Josh Shenkle | josh@missingremote.com | @umdivx
Aaron Ledger | aaron@missingremote.com | @swoon_

Aaron began contributing to MissingRemote in 2010 and has been working with audio and video in the professional broadcast industry since 2002. His HTPC roots extend back to the late '90's when the original All-in-Wonder first came out.

Contributing Editors:
David Norman | david@missingremote.com
Matt Wright | matt@missingremote.com
George Schmauch | george@missingremote.com
Ryean Vergara | crazy@missingremote.com
Daniel Schoerner | dan@missingremote.com
John Clabaugh | john@missingremote.com
Alan Cooke | alan@missingremote.com
Tim | lothar@missingremote.com

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