Enterprise IT & Technology Leader

Brad King

Houston, TX / me@bradking.me / bradking.me

Executive Profile

Technology leader with 20 years of experience spanning enterprise IT, infrastructure, cloud services, cybersecurity, industrial systems, business applications, product systems, and AI-assisted workflows. Experienced leading multi-site and international technology environments, modernizing Microsoft environments, supporting distributed workforces, negotiating major technology engagements, and translating complex business needs into reliable systems and clear execution.

Core Leadership & Technology

ENTERPRISE_IT

Enterprise IT

IT strategy, service delivery, operating models, vendor and budget management, business systems, and requirements.

CLOUD_INFRASTRUCTURE

Cloud & Infrastructure

Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Azure AD / Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Cisco, Meraki, SonicWall, MPLS / WAN, backup, and recovery.

SECURITY_OPERATIONS

Security & Operations

MFA, endpoint and email security, identity lifecycle, security awareness, business continuity, ICS, and SCADA.

AI_SYSTEMS

AI & Systems

AI-assisted workflows, automation, signal extraction, decision support, production analytics, and cross-functional systems leadership.

Selected Leadership Impact

  • Led enterprise IT supporting 300+ users across six sites, including a five-person team, vendors, budgets, multi-site infrastructure, and a major Microsoft 365 migration.
  • Standardized a distributed workforce on organization-managed Microsoft cloud identity and endpoints, rolling out MFA and strengthening email, endpoint, identity, backup, recovery, and continuity practices.
  • Helped negotiate before signing and technically governed a multi-million-dollar digital transformation engagement, with responsibility for scope, security requirements, deliverables, deadlines, and change control.
  • Supported technology operations for 90+ client companies and several thousand industrial assets worldwide, coordinating SCADA integration and technology infrastructure across U.S. and Australian operations.

Professional Experience

ALWAYS GEEKY GAMES

Lead Game Designer / Systems Lead

Nov 2021 - Present

Led complex product and systems work for Voxie Tactics, a live-service tactical RPG with 250K+ unique players and 3M+ matches before operations concluded.

  • Owned interconnected systems across progression, matchmaking, economy, rewards, itemization, crafting, PvP, and live operations while coordinating engineering, production, art, marketing, community, and executive leadership.
  • Used production data and system behavior to guide balance, content cadence, economy health, retention signals, and long-term product decisions.
  • Designed AI-driven gameplay, dynamic threat and scaling systems, anti-exploit mechanics, and implementation-ready architecture; translated product objectives into technical requirements and documentation.
COLLABORATIVE FOR CHILDREN

Director of Technology Development

Feb 2020 - Feb 2022

Directed technology modernization and remote-work operations for a Houston nonprofit serving early-childhood education providers.

  • Led a three-person technology team spanning IT operations, help desk, and organizational data systems.
  • Standardized the distributed workforce on organization-managed laptops using Azure AD, Microsoft 365, managed device policies, and an organization-wide MFA rollout; strengthened endpoint, email, phishing, and identity-lifecycle controls.
  • Led backup, recovery, and business-continuity planning while legacy on-premises systems were deprecated, maintaining local and cloud backup capability during the transition to primarily remote operations.
  • Helped negotiate, before signing, and then provided technical oversight for a multi-million-dollar digital transformation contract, reviewing scope of work, cloud and security requirements, deliverables, deadlines, change requests, and vendor execution.
C.I. ACTUATION / CHARBONNEAU INDUSTRIES

IT Manager

(Returned to C.I. after Greenleaf)
2018 - 2020

Managed enterprise IT for approximately 300 users across six warehouse and office locations with business-critical systems and high-value inventory.

  • Led a five-person IT team across help desk, networking, cabling, and general IT operations, reporting to the Vice President of Technology.
  • Administered Dell blade servers, Windows Active Directory, Cisco switching and Meraki wireless, SonicWall firewalls and VPN, MPLS connectivity, VoIP, Barracuda-backed backups, RDP, and remote support.
  • Helped migrate approximately 300 users from on-premises Exchange to Exchange Online / Office 365, including mailbox migration, licensing, DNS and MX changes, workstation deployment, and end-user training.
  • Managed IT budgets, software and licensing, training, vendors, facility openings and closures, and technology deployments.
  • Led emergency remote-work deployment for roughly 200 employees during COVID on extremely short notice while maintaining service through major organizational downsizing and a period as the remaining internal IT resource.
GREENLEAF WHOLESALE FLORIST

IT Director

2017 - Feb 2018

Served as the sole internal IT leader for a distributed wholesale business during a corporate-headquarters closure and technology transition.

  • Moved technology operations from the closing Denver headquarters to Houston and consolidated an oversized legacy server environment into a streamlined platform preserving the core inventory and customer-service system.
  • Supported branches across multiple states and deployed the complete technology environment for a new San Antonio branch, including connectivity, computers, networking, remote support, and identity integration.
CHARBONNEAU INDUSTRIES, INC.

IT Lead

2016 - 2017

Led day-to-day IT operations and technology support before leaving to take the IT Director opportunity at Greenleaf.

DETECHTION TECHNOLOGIES

Technical Services Coordinator

2012 - 2015

Provided client support for 90+ companies with several thousand assets worldwide and coordinated technology utilization and infrastructure across U.S. and Australian operations.

  • Coordinated ongoing SCADA integration for new and existing natural-gas compression assets and supported technology issues across deployed customer environments.
  • Built and maintained CSV-to-XML workflows that transformed customer SCADA exports into feeds consumed by Detechtion's optimization platform.
  • Worked with SCADA managers, field operators, and customer technical teams to troubleshoot data-flow issues; completed hands-on DHS industrial control systems cybersecurity training in Idaho.
TEJANO CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNS

IT Specialist

2009 - 2012

Maintained end-user PCs and workstations, resolved escalated hardware and software issues, supported network deployment of operating systems, applications, and printers, and provided second-line Help Desk support.

ROSS METAL WORKS

Desktop Support Technician / Technology Trainer

2006 - 2009

Provided desktop support and technology training for end users.

Selected AI & Systems Venture

KING LEAD LAB

Co-founder / Systems Builder

2026 - Present

Building AI-assisted research and sales-intelligence workflows combining public project signals, company-context analysis, signal extraction, opportunity analysis, decision support, and human review.