Alan Maas

About Alan Maas

My name is Alan Maas and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up!

I’ve been a farmer, a forester, a builder, a teacher, and a billboard rancher, which was where I became interested in software when I built the first digital billboard network in the nation. The software interest led me to create Nexus USA. Nexus USA was a biometric payment system that was before its time, so it was time for a pivot. When my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and quit using his computer, I sought out a solution which has evolved into a software download that allows biometric access to the computer, its applications and websites with the touch of a finger. Our market strategy started in the medical field for fast and secure access. I have taken Bolt Biometrics as far as I can with the resources at hand so I am looking for my first life line here.
Lately, I have been a bit busy building my second house and finishing my book called the Kind Whisper of which I would like to tell you a bit about.

The Kind Whisper is a combination of stories I have gathered over many years wrapped together with the true history of why our ancestors ventured into the American west. This is my version of what happened to them or didn’t happen to them, and therein lies the mystery??

My book covers most of the 19th century and most of it takes place in the Black Hills of South Dakota, an area rich in history, and at one time gold, and also where I live.
You may recognize some of the events in history found in the book.
It starts with the land and war issues in Europe leading to the wave of emigrant migration to America. It then moves on to trapping and trading, the Homestead Act, Civil War, Indian Wars, expeditions, gold rush and general life as a homesteader. All of this in a story based around the finding of the Thoen stone which can be seen in the Adams Museum in Deadwood SD