Ian Findlay
Partner - Product And Technology - Fractional CIO Fractional Head Of Corporate IT
Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Findlay is a seasoned technology executive and entrepreneur with three decades of experience designing and operating IT for startups, biotech firms, and large enterprises. Currently a Partner at TechCXO serving as a Fractional CIO and Head of Corporate IT, he specializes in pragmatic, cost-effective IT strategies that drive high customer satisfaction and measurable business outcomes. He founded and scaled LightWire into a $2M+ MRR MSP managing 1,200+ endpoints before its acquisition, then led customer success and growth at StratusPointIT. Ian blends hands-on infrastructure expertise—from data center and SAN design to global VPNs—with executive vCIO advisory, KPI-driven operations, and M&A experience. Based in Belmont, MA, he pairs a historian’s analytical perspective with a track record of building repeatable, standardized platforms that simplify complex technology environments.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Salisbury SchoolBachelor’s Degree, History, Bachelor’s Degree, History at Trinity College-Hartford
Github Skills (56)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
IanFindlay/scripts
Mar 2020 - Jan 2022
Contributions:64 commits, 29 pushes, 7 issues in 1 year 10 months
IanFindlay/automate-the-boring-stuff-projects
Dec 2017 - Dec 2020
My solutions to all of the projects in Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
Contributions:56 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 3 years
pythonautomate-the-boring-stuffboringpython-scriptfinder
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