Summary
Brian Dear is a Senior Server and SCCM Engineer with 14 years of focused IT infrastructure experience and two decades in technology support, currently driving server management and systems deployment at Forum Energy Technologies. He has managed end-to-end infrastructure projects—from SCCM-driven software distribution and Active Directory/GPO design to backup administration, VM orchestration, and data center moves—at energy and financial institutions. A former Apple engineer and founder who built and sold a mental health tech startup, he brings an uncommon blend of product-minded entrepreneurship and hands-on systems expertise. Based in Humble, Texas, Brian excels at turning disaster-recovery and migration challenges into repeatable, auditable processes that reduce downtime. He’s as comfortable scripting automated deployments as he is leading operational practices that keep critical systems resilient under pressure.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer