Galen "Rick" Larson
I stabilize struggling IT organizations, modernize the stack, and build the team that runs it — then hand you a system that holds.
Bring in the operator who's already seen it break.
Most IT failures aren't surprises — they're patterns: the migration that stalls, the merger that never reconciles, the DR plan that looks fine until you test it. Three decades in, those are familiar territory. The value of an experienced operator on a short clock isn't more hours — it's fewer wrong turns. Drop me in, get it stabilized and modernized, build the team to sustain it, and walk away with something that holds after I'm gone.
The offer.
Interim & Fractional IT Leadership
Director / VP / CIO-level cover during a gap, crisis, or build. Full authority, defined exit.
M&A Technology Integration
Consolidate merged stacks and remediate compliance across the combined entity.
PMO Stand-Up & Governance
Build a program office from zero that survives the next leadership change.
BC/DR & Continuity Design
Design and pressure-test continuity before the outage finds the gap.
ITSM Modernization
Replace aging platforms; stand up Incident/Problem/Change/Service Request that people follow.
Cloud Migration Strategy
Plan and land Azure/AWS migrations, not just propose them.
Compliance Remediation
Audit-finding remediation across HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC, PCI, FedRAMP, NIST, CJIS.
Outcomes first. Companies as proof.
Leadership
- Interim/Fractional Leadership
- M&A Integration
- Strategic Planning
- Team Building
- Vendor Negotiation
- Crisis Management
Infrastructure & Cloud
- Azure
- AWS
- VMware/Hyper-V
- Data Center (on-prem + cloud)
- Servers/Storage
- LAN/WAN
- VOIP
- Backup & Recovery
Compliance & Security
- HIPAA
- HITRUST
- SOC 2
- PCI
- FedRAMP
- NIST
- CJIS
- BC/DR
- Audit Remediation
Programs & Delivery
- PMO Governance
- ITSM (ServiceNow)
- Incident/Problem/Change
- Asset & Endpoint Mgmt
- Migrations
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Have a situation that needs a steady hand?
Tell me what's breaking, the timeline, and what "done" looks like. If it's a fit, I'll tell you straight.