2011–PresentCommercial Infrastructure
Owner / Infrastructure & Operations Lead
Spark Rack
Built and operate commercial hosting infrastructure where web, mail, DNS, security, provisioning, billing, support, and customer expectations converge.
TECHNOLOGY LEADER • INFRASTRUCTURE • OPERATIONS
Brad Trammell
Technology leader with nearly 30 years of hands-on operating experience.
Technology leadership grounded in real operating experience, practical judgment, and ownership from strategy through execution.
Open to senior IT leadership opportunities
Nearly 30 yearstechnology & operations
2018–2025Director of IT, public safety
1997–Presententrepreneurial technology track
Executive + hands-onstrategy through execution
PROFILE
A career built by doing the work, leading the work, and owning the outcome.
Hands-on technology leader with nearly 30 years of experience building, modernizing, operating, and securing business-critical systems. My background spans public-sector IT leadership, consulting, broadband, hosting, telecom, automation, customer operations, and communications systems. I combine executive accountability with technical depth and a strong bias toward clear ownership, resilient design, practical risk management, and work that reaches an operating result.
I am most effective where technology is part of the operation, not a side function: public sector, infrastructure-heavy environments, multi-site operations, service businesses, and teams that need both leadership and technical credibility.
Education, background & interests →CAREER TRACK
Experience across industries, not isolated job titles.
2012–PresentIT Services & Consulting
Owner / Lead Consultant
BeyondNerd IT Consulting
Built and operate an IT consulting practice focused on dependable infrastructure, practical modernization, troubleshooting, and long-term maintainability.
2015–2017Broadband & Field Operations
Cable / Broadband Plant & Systems Manager
Time Warner Cable / Spectrum
Worked across broadband plant, field systems, service quality, customer impact, and technical operations where physical infrastructure and service delivery were inseparable.
2018–2025Public Sector IT Leadership
Director of Information Technology
Cicero Fire District
Directed day-to-day technology for a public-safety organization where continuity, response time, security, and public accountability were operational requirements.
CAPABILITIES
Leadership depth and technical range.
I have worked across the full stack of operational technology: people, policy, budgets, vendors, infrastructure, networks, systems, support, security, communications, and recovery.
See capabilitiesLeadershipStrategy • Teams • Budget • Vendors • Governance • Risk • Continuity
InfrastructureLinux • Windows • Networks • Virtualization • Hosting • DNS • Email • Security
OperationsTelecom • Broadband • Automation • Monitoring • Field Support • Broadcast
BEYOND THE RÉSUMÉ
The interests that keep me building.
Amateur radio, weather and satellite monitoring, ADS-B and aviation data, 3D printing, broadcast engineering, homestead technology, and maker projects all feed the same curiosity that has shaped my professional career.
Education & interests →NEXT STEP
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