Irvine, California
Director of Information Technology
I oversee IT operations, cybersecurity, business systems and a growing set of data and software projects at Briggs Electric in Tustin, California. Before that, I spent four years running IT and security at EKN Engineering, after starting out in support and systems administration.
Selected work
Enterprise application platform
Planning an internal application platform to bring business tools and workflows into a common environment.
Data and analytics modernization
Building an internal data engineering capability and a foundation for company-wide reporting.
Technology governance and portfolio
A structured way to plan, prioritize and track technology work across operations, security, data, software and automation.
Security and compliance program
Built the information security program behind ISO/IEC 27001 certification and SOC 2 readiness.
Cloud and identity modernization
Consolidated Microsoft 365 tenants after a merger and put a Zero Trust baseline in place.
IT service delivery and operations
Standardized support and automated common requests as the company grew past 200 employees.
Since 2016
Experience
Ten years in IT, from support engineer to director.
Director of Information Technology · 2026–now
Oversee IT operations, cybersecurity, business systems and the company's technology initiatives, including new data and application platform work.
Current role
Senior IT Manager · 2025–2026
Led IT and security as the company grew past 200 employees. Owned security governance, risk and audit evidence, and led a small team across support and security.
IT Manager · 2022–2025
Ran infrastructure, identity and IT operations through a growth phase and a post-merger consolidation, and modernized the headquarters network and workplace technology.
IT Infrastructure and Operations Lead · 2021–2022
Led infrastructure and operations for nonprofit clients in Los Angeles, owning incidents and escalations and acting as the security lead for rollouts.
Systems Administrator, Cloud and Security · 2019–2021
Supported small and mid-size clients in construction, healthcare, finance, manufacturing and education: Microsoft 365, endpoints, security tools, backup and recovery.
Support Engineer I–III · 2016–2019
Tier 1 to 3 support across more than 40 client environments, with a focus on identity, access, and backup and recovery.
I started in hands-on support at a managed service provider and worked my way into running IT for growing companies.
At TeamLogicIT I went from Support Engineer I to III, then administered cloud and security for small and mid-size clients. After that I led infrastructure and operations for nonprofit clients in Los Angeles.
At EKN Engineering I spent four years running IT and later security, through a merger, a Microsoft 365 consolidation and ISO 27001 certification. Since March 2026 I’ve led IT at Briggs Electric.
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Background
Education & certifications
Engineering and network systems, then IT service management and agile delivery.
ITIL 4
AXELOS · 2025
IT service management.
Professional Scrum Master
Scrum.org · 2025
Agile delivery.
Kaseya Certified Administrator, RMM
Kaseya · 2019
Remote monitoring and management.
CompTIA Network+
CompTIA · 2018
Networking fundamentals. Earned 2018, since expired.
CompTIA A+
CompTIA · 2016
Hardware, operating systems and support. Earned 2016, since expired.
ITT Technical Institute
Network Systems · 2014–2016
Completed 2016.
University of Mississippi
Mechanical Engineering · 2010–2014
Completed 2014.
Also building
Consumer brand · 2023–now
A pickleball accessories brand with its own online store and marketplace channels, including Amazon. Product sourcing, packaging, branding and ecommerce operations.
Technology services · 2025–now
A co-managed IT operations company. It takes on defined recurring work such as patching, access reviews and network operations, while the client's own IT team keeps control of strategy and decisions.
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Based in
Irvine, CA