Jose Calero
President and Founder
LapWorks Inc.

Jose Calero is the developer of the Laptop Desk and president of LapWorks Inc. (www.laptopdesk.net). After a twenty-year career in the industrial packaging industry, Mr. Calero started LapWorks in March 2000 to develop laptop accessories that take the hassles and hazards out of mobile computing, and reduce the heat in laptop computers. Calero studied the industry for 2 1/2 years to identify the hazards of using a laptop computer – to both the user and the computer itself. Aside from the fatal crash to the floor, which IDC determined in 1999 was the leading cause of laptop damage, constant overheating is the laptop’s worst enemy. Risks to the user include “hot leg,” and neck, back and shoulder strain from the poor ergonomic angles users are forced to type in when a laptop is set flat on a desk.

In June 2001, LapWorks launched the Laptop Desk v1.0. LapWorks' goals were to enable safe typing on laps without slips or burns, and to cool the computer in the process. With the Laptop Desk v2.0, announced in April 2002, LapWorks launched a new category with the industry’s first dual-purpose lap desk that doubles as a desktop stand for ergonomic typing on desks. Calero's third product, the Laptop Desk UltraLite, launched in August 2004.

Calero’s fourth accessory designed to reduce heat build-up in laptops are "legs for laptops." Launched in March 2005, the Laptop Legs for PCs and Mac Feet for Macs attach to the bottom of any notebook, then flip down to elevate it for improved typing ergonomics and increased ventilation and cooling under the laptop.

In 2003, Mr. Calero published an article on overcoming the hazards of laptop use. "How to Protect your Laptop and Lap from Heat Build-up and Other Hazards" is available on LapWorks’ website.

In early 2003, LapWorks achieved Yahoo’s five-star service rating faster than any company in Yahoo’s history, according to Yahoo, based on the number of customers rating the Laptop Desk buying experience as “Excellent” in the categories of ease of purchase, shipping options, delivery, how the product arrived, packaging, price and overall customer rating.

The Laptop Desk v2.0 has earned the Computer Times Editor’s Choice Award, The Tech Zone Editor’s Choice, Geek Extreme.com’s “Geek Choice,” Mr. Modem’s “Squeal of Approval,” Modsynergy’s “Approved Recommended,” PC Pro’s (UK) “Recommended” and OnePC’s “Wow.”

Mr. Calero served as president of Los Angeles’ Latin Businessmen’s Association and of Los Angeles’ Federation of Minority Business Association. He also served on the Board of Directors of Los Angeles’ Salesman’s Boys Club, as chairman of the City of Los Angeles Committee for Minority Procurement for the 1984 Olympics, on Los Angeles’ Youth Motivation Task Force and on the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation for the city and county of Los Angeles. He was awarded the Purple Heart in Vietnam.

Mr. Calero lives and works in Rancho Cucamonga, California, with his wife of 34 years, Leslie. They have three sons, two granddaughters, one dog and one cat.