Ryan Newell

Hi, I'm Ryan Newell, founder and CTO of Channel Islands Technology Integrators' Group (CITIG).

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Ryan Newell graduated from Westmont College with a Degree in Computer Science in 2004 and took a position at CompuVision as a Network Engineer providing IT Consulting services to a broad range of clients with a broad range of technologies.  Within his first year he was promoted to Senior Systems Engineer and by years end was the top biller corporate wide by a margin of over 25%.  Ryan Newell quickly identified major shortcomings within the technology Value Added Reseller (VAR) industry and set out to make a change.  In 2005, Ryan Newell left CompuVision, started Channel Islands Technology Integrators' Group, Inc. (CITIG) and took an outside consulting position at CIO Solutions.  CITIG continued to grow and in 2008, Ryan Newell left CIO Solutions to focus exclusively on the growth of CITIG.  Now, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of CITIG, he spends his days looking for new ways to utilize technology to serve CITIG's ever growing client base.

Founder/CTO at Hemera Group

November 2005 - December 2010

Founded and participate in technology consultant collective which serves to lessen the load on independent consultants allowing them to provide larger firm services while maintaining that small firm feel. UPDATE: Merged with CITIG, Inc.

Subcontractor at CIO Solutions

November 2005 - August 2008

Provide assistance to CIO Solutions in Citrix, Cisco, Exchange and VMWare technologies. Also, I run my companies billing through their system.

Senior Systems Engineer at CompuVision

May 2004 - November 2005

Responsible for formulating, executing and managing technical strategies for 20 clients within a commission based pay structure. Exchange, Active Directory, Citrix, RIS, Terminal Services, DMS, SQL installations, upgrades and migrations. Cisco LAN/WAN implementations including 8 campus connectivity project. Wireless infrastructure design and installations.

Unix Administrator at Westmont College

September 2003 - April 2004

Researched and designed a Linux LDAP and Windows Active Directory unification plan using Samba 3.0. Tested design in test lab environment in preparation for full scale implementation. Created and customized server monitoring via Linux scripts and Apache.

PC Specialist at Chautauqua County

May 2002 - August 2003

Took on network administrator responsibilities for 15+ servers, 1000+ workstations spanning 12 locations. Managed mixed mode Novell 5.0 and Windows 2k Active Directory network. Diagnosed and resolved a variety of network issues including netmask, CSU/DSU, DNS, SMTP, and VPN related problems. Set up RIS, CiscoWorks, Citrix, WebSense, IIS, Exchange and 2003 Servers.

Student Network Administrator at Houghton College

August 2001 - May 2002

Administrated and maintained Windows NT 4.0 network, with 2000+ users, including both software and hardware sides. Tasks included: Exchange management, website management via Microsoft IIS, Cisco switch/router setup, data backup/recovery, server hardware/software upgrade/repair, user rights/permissions management.

PC Specialist Trainee at Chautauqua County

June 2000 - November 2001

Worked for the Information Services Department in conjunction with the Human Services Cabinet, United Way and Red Cross in developing an online database of regional human services agencies in Access 2000 utilizing SQL and VBA.

Lab Administrator/PC Repair Shop Worker at Houghton College

August 1998 - May 2000

Responsible for rollout and maintenance of 1700+ units including 75 lab computers requiring access control security.

Owner at Channel Islands Technology Integrators' Group, Inc.

January 2005

Utilizing our continuous research and years of experience, we provide invaluable consulting services on a regular basis. Organizations in a wide variety of markets both international and domestic have made use of our experienced professionals and analysis to make important technological decisions. In many cases a decision is made in which our engineers continue assisting in the design and implementation.

Westmont

2003 – 2005

Bachelor of Science

Houghton College

1999 – 2002

Computer Science