Aaron Traffas

VP Technology, Auctioneer

CAI, ATS, CES

Aaron is a first-generation auctioneer from Sharon, KS. He started with Purple Wave while in college in 2001, when he began developing systems to better handle the company's merchandise and ever-changing inventory.

Aaron has been involved with every aspect of the auction business, and is proficient in many different development languages and environments including XHTML, CSS, Perl, PHP, MySQL and Linux. He is currently supervising web site expansion and systems development and using his expertise to build Purple Wave's Cliquidator Internet-based clerking and cashiering platform.

Aaron is a member of the National Auctioneers Association and Kansas Auctioneers Association. He has received Certified Auctioneers Institute, Auction Technology Specialist and Certified Estate Specialist designations.

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Aaron maintains a blog and podcast about technology and the auction industry at AuctioneerTech and instructs the Auction Technology Specialist course offered by the National Auctioneers Association.

Aaron is an active singer and songwriter, and when not at work or evangelizing the use of standards-compliant websites to the auction industry, can be found playing original alternative country music at shows across the Midwest, both solo and with the Aaron Traffas Band.

traffas@purplewave.com