ROBERT
BRYANT
Turning IT into a lever of enterprise value — across VC-funded hypergrowth, PE-backed portfolios, and multi-site MSP/MSSP operations.
PROFILE
Two decades, one unbroken climb — engineer to multi-org executive.Across 22 years — 10+ M&A integrations and two pre-IPO readiness programs — delivering $1B+ in M&A value protection and $25M+ in operational gains across healthcare, fintech, renewable energy, defense, and manufacturing.
Each role compounded the last — engineering into operations, operations into P&L, P&L into board-level strategy — with security and consolidation the constant throughline.
AI Security & Governance Practice
Architected a managed AI governance practice built on mechanical controls — not policy PDFs — that enforce sanctioned AI usage and lock down accounts at the identity and network layer. The missing key the MSP industry hasn't solved.
IMPACT
Outcomes across growth, efficiency, and value creation.THE ASCENT
Twenty-two years, one trajectory.Hands-on IT to multi-org executive ownership — every step built on the playbooks and systems of the last. Two decades of compounding scope.
- Built the firm's AI Security & Governance practice — mechanical AI-usage controls and account lockdown, an MSP-industry first.
- Drove $1.0M+ total contract value for a greenfield MSP unit in under 5 months — $895K ARR + $110K project services.
- Originated $829K net-new ARR — $69.1K MRR, growing $14.4K every month.
- Closed 18 net-new logos — one every 8 days — including Volvo, Hidonix, IDC Digital, and BeatStars.
- Grew average deal size $40K → $185K; full P&L ownership.
- Vendor consolidation saving $4M+ across healthcare, fintech, manufacturing.
- Rescued stalled projects 45% ahead of schedule; enabled $300M+ portfolio deal value.
- $10.2M operational gains, 60% OPEX cut — 130+ apps into <30 systems.
- Zero Trust + SOC 2 Type II across 15,000+ arrays in ~80 countries; board 3-year plan on $15M spend.
- Frameworks for 40+ MSPs; audit violations −85%; HIPAA / NIST / ISO 27001.
- Scaled 30+ franchises 35–70%; lifted NPS 35%.
- Revenue +843%; client base 9 → 173 at 98%+ satisfaction.
- Converted a legacy break/fix consultancy into a recurring-revenue MSP on the strength of client trust.
- Built $300K+ monthly recurring MSP revenue from one-off projects.
- Held 99.99% uptime modernizing infrastructure on constrained budgets.
- Standardized and hardened multi-site network operations.
SIGNATURE WORK
Engagements that became repeatable playbooks.COMPETENCIES
THE OPERATOR
Operating at CIO level across the full stack.22 years in IT — 15+ in managed services — leading strategy, rationalization, and roadmapping that future-proofs client environments.
Guided integration through $1B+ in M&A deal value, directed transformations with project values exceeding $40M, and architected security programs across Defense, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Pharma, BioTech, FinTech, and Alternative Energy. Prepared organizations for IPO launches and Fortune 500 mergers, with compliance depth spanning CMMC, FedRAMP, ISO, NIST, HITRUST, HIPAA, ITAR, CJIS, GDPR, and SOX.
EDUCATION & VOICE
TECHNOLOGY AS A
LEVER OF VALUE.
Open to full-time engagements driving business velocity and digital transformation efforts.