Summary
Matthew Clobridge is a technology director and senior consultant with 13 years of IT leadership experience helping small and midsized organizations modernize infrastructure and harden security. He blends hands-on operations—running IT for 400+ users, managing budgets and vendor contracts, and securing hundreds of endpoints—with strategic work as a fractional CIO, translating complex technical challenges into clear, actionable plans. At FireOak Strategies he leads cybersecurity, knowledge management, and IT alignment projects while also running the firm’s internal tech operations to model best practices. His background spans public-sector library systems to healthcare and nonprofit environments, giving him deep experience with compliance regimes like HIPAA, PCI, and federal E-rate programs. Colleagues value his practical focus on cost-saving, staff enablement, and measurable risk reduction rather than theoretical frameworks.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Elementary Education Certification, Education, Elementary Education Certification, Education at Bucknell University
BA, Communications, BA, Communications at University of South Florida