Thomas Leavitt

Summary

Consulting @ 880 IT Services: I am looking for new clients, and to advise small startups on a part-time basis (perhaps even for equity only). Recruiters: I am NOT looking for a full-time W2 or contract position (no commitments over 20 hours a week for a sustained period). I am NOT looking to work anywhere outside of California other than for a very short term (ten days or less) assignment. Rates: $180/hr., a bargain for someone with 27+ years of high level professional experience. I founded 880 IT Services, LLC in 2001. I've worked for a broad variety of clients, big and small, but my bread and butter is acting as a "IT guru" for small to medium-sized enterprises (up to about a hundred employees). I'm a jack of all trades, master of more than a few. If it's tech, I can make it work - from copiers to phone systems, networks to storage and virtualization. Unix, Linux, Windows, OS X, Android, iOS... on the desktop, on the server, in the cloud, on your phone, it won't phase me. I assembled my first PC XT from parts bought at LA area swap meets when I was in high school, in the late 1980s. I acted as the Senior Unix/Linux Systems Administrator for two companies I founded in May of 1994 and September of 1999: Web Communications, LLC (acquired by Verio in February of 1999) and TargetFirst, Inc. (aka ClickRebates.com). Along the way, I also created one of the first web sites on the Internet (and one of a much smaller number that has been in continual operation), The Gnosis Archive (sometime in 1993). To re-emphasize: I'm primarily interested in adding to my company's client base via part-time (ongoing) and/or short-term consulting/contracting opportunities. It would take something *absolutely extraordinary* to pull me into a full-time engagement, much less a full-time W2 position... that said, I do have an entrepreneurial bent, so if you think you have the opportunity of a lifetime (such as being the first full time IT operations person for the equivalent of Facebook or Google), feel free to contact me. Emphasis on the "opportunity of a lifetime", see opening paragraph. Update, re: Space.Org, Inc. I've bootstrapped the opportunity of a lifetime into existence, so off the market in that respect, though more than happy to work with new consulting clients and advise other startups.