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

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.

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.
Contract employee with deep IT infrastructure experience.
AV, low-voltage, and structured cabling specialists.
Multiple subcontractors available for pipeline scaling.
Financial operations and accounting management.
Multi-location commercial AV deployments: DSP audio, HDMI matrix, structured cabling, PoE, rack builds, and commissioning for Fortune 500 manufacturers.
Tier 4 infrastructure engineering across 1,700+ locations. Network segmentation, PCI compliance, enterprise firewall management.
National signage deployments and network infrastructure across distributed commercial retail locations.
DoD defense manufacturing. 11+ years. Controls, security, network, CMMC compliance. 7 USG agencies.
Active public safety deployments across multiple cities. Fire alerting, network, AV, and communications systems.
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.
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Service Area: TX, AR, LA + Nationwide