LEADERSHIP & PARTNERSHIPS

50+ years combined IT & engineering experience. Defense-experienced. Entrepreneur-founded.

Leadership

Drew Holder

DREW HOLDER

PRESIDENT & FOUNDER

Strategic and results-driven IT professional with 25+ years of experience scaling organizations from startup to multimillion-dollar recurring revenue models. Serial entrepreneur who has repeatedly built and grown managed IT companies. Founded Round Table Networks — grew from 2 part-time to 8 full-time employees with $1M+/year recurring revenue. Landed Travis County Healthcare District on a 7-year contract spanning 8 locations, 46 servers, 706 desktops. Held EOD and DoD Security Clearance at Day & Zimmermann / Lone Star Ammunition Plant. Drew is the business engine — the rainmaker who builds relationships, closes contracts, and ensures operational discipline.

MCSA CompTIA Network+ CompTIA A+ Certified CharTec Professional Texas State Technical College — Computer Networking
Christopher Johnson

CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON

CTO

30+ years of hands-on expertise across eight engineering domains: network architecture, industrial automation, defense R&D, AI/ML & full-stack development, additive manufacturing, commercial AV/IT, electronics & IoT, and professional music production. Began programming at age 6 in machine language — father was an electronics engineer at General Dynamics (Patriot and Sparrow missile programs). 11 years at Day & Zimmermann: Controls Engineer to Interim Director of Engineering. Automated M67 grenade production — every M67 produced since 2013 passed through his systems. Tier 4 at Murphy USA (1,700+ locations, Palo Alto Panorama). Built and deployed 14 production AI service pipelines. Two degrees, both 4.0 GPA. Three patents filed. Published defense researcher (DOTC). Biometrics capstone adopted as university CS curriculum for 10+ years.

MBA Supply Chain — Texas A&M (4.0 GPA) Network Security — UAT (Summa Cum Laude, 4.0 GPA) 2 Provisional Patents Published DOTC Researcher

Team

David Hodges

Contract employee with deep IT infrastructure experience.

2 Cabling Technicians

AV, low-voltage, and structured cabling specialists.

Subcontractor Network

Multiple subcontractors available for pipeline scaling.

Dedicated Bookkeeper

Financial operations and accounting management.

Experience Sectors

Manufacturing & AV

Multi-location commercial AV deployments: DSP audio, HDMI matrix, structured cabling, PoE, rack builds, and commissioning for Fortune 500 manufacturers.

National Retail (Fortune 50)

Tier 4 infrastructure engineering across 1,700+ locations. Network segmentation, PCI compliance, enterprise firewall management.

National Signage & Commercial

National signage deployments and network infrastructure across distributed commercial retail locations.

Defense & DoD

DoD defense manufacturing. 11+ years. Controls, security, network, CMMC compliance. 7 USG agencies.

Municipal Fire & Police

Active public safety deployments across multiple cities. Fire alerting, network, AV, and communications systems.

Vendor & Technology Partnerships

Network & Security

Cisco Fortinet Palo Alto Networks MikroTik Ubiquiti

Commercial AV

Atlas IED J-Tech Digital Shure QSC Crestron

Industrial

Allen-Bradley / Rockwell Wago Staubli Robotics Cognex

Infrastructure

Panduit Leviton Belden CommScope Fluke Networks

Security

Axis Communications Honeywell

Cloud / Dev

AWS Docker Anthropic OpenAI Cloudflare

Subcontractor Relationships

Merica Tech operates as both prime contractor and trusted subcontractor. We bring our own tools, insurance, and crew. We scope, estimate, execute, document, and hand off. Built for complex, multi-trade, schedule-driven projects.

Merica Tech team and partnerships

Ready to Build?

Let's talk about your next infrastructure project.

Drew Holder
903-255-7560
Christopher Johnson
903-255-7560

Service Area: TX, AR, LA + Nationwide