Personal Story: How Captain IT Came to Be

Prior to establishing Captain IT, I worked for Green Dot Public Schools, a charter school management group that encompassed 20 school sites. From scratch, I helped the entire organization design and implement an effective computer network infrastructure that served each one of these sites. At the conclusion of my seven years of service, the school district had a reliable, robust technology infrastructure that continues to operate today.

Whether working in my own business or as an employee, customer satisfaction has always been my top priority; it serves as my motivation to acquire new skills and learn new methods. At Green Dot, the infrastructure consisted of clustered Microsoft exchange servers, Cisco firewalls, backup strategies, designing data centers, replicating servers (across all 20 locations), and asset management systems; I developed policies and procedures for effective technology management, budget management, and procurement where each of these were concerned. Needless to say, I learned everything from scratch; and as a result, the knowledge and expertise that was gained while managing the technology of an entire school district gave me the skills, motivation, and courage to start my own business.