Alex Sanclamente

Alex Sanclamente, a computer technician at Smart Computer Repair in Marlborough, at first seemed to shy away from the idea of having an on camera interview with myself and my partner Brendan Donahue, however, was more than pleased to have an off the camera discussion as to how he started his business.

Sanclamente was born in Columbia, where he is known as a proffesional chess player. Sanclamente described the condition of Columbia to be very impoverished, and he could see no way out of those conditions himself and for his family. Sanclemente, seeking better fortunes, eventually decided that the Untied Sates held better opportunities for his newly started family and chose to move, leaving his reputation as a chess player behind. Once in the United States sanclamente began working as a janitor at an office building, where hard work and pure luck lead him to be noticed by the vice president of the company. Speaking little english, Sanclamente showed the VP his intelligence in the only way he could, by playing chess. The VP, seeing sanclamente's intellectual potential, sent him Central Connecticut State University where he received outstanding marks in every class that he took. Sanclamente's GPA upon graduating was so high that he was interviewed in-front of over 10,000 people on how he received such amazing marks. Sanclamente attributed his high marks to extremely hard work, and a strong desire to learn more. Sanclamente would wake up at four thirty a.m. to do school work, go to class, and the go to work, not coming home until after midnight on many occasions.

After getting his bachelors degree at CCSU Sanclamente worked as a mailman, where he slowly began to build a relationship with the people in the town of Marlborough. During his time as a mail man sanclamente worked towards his goal of opening a computer repair shop. After saving enough money and gaining the trust of the people in the town, he started his business with his wife. Sanclamente said "If I had started my business before I had worked as a mailman, then noone would trust me. I have an accent, I am foreign, but now the people will recognize me and trust me to fix their computers." Sanclamente's truly inspiring story is testament to how hard work and a little ingenuity can pay off.