The IT Guy
While Tony attributes some of his accomplishments to good fortune, it can also be explained by a visionary ability to understand the needs of his customers and make sure his company provides technology to meet the government’s requirements. MicroTech recognized early that cloud computing was a transformational technology: “We started preparing for its arrival years in advance by developing our technical skills and solutions to ensure we were ready when the wave hit,” he says. “Agility is one of our core competencies and it’s absolutely critical to our sustained success.”
Now cloud computing is becoming mainstream, as businesses and consumers begin to understand the benefits of putting their data into the cloud to be hosted and managed by a company like MicroTech.
While many are embracing this new technology, others are more cautious because of the security concerns inherent with storing data on off-site servers. Again, being forward-thinking paid off for Tony. “As a major player in the network collaboration space and having strong storage, unified communications and collaboration experience, we began developing cloud computing solutions that reduced the security issues for our clients. We creatively built our private cloud computing solution called “MicroKloud” behind our customers’ firewall, thereby reducing security concerns.”
Not content to coast on his company’s success, Tony is already looking ahead to a future marked by a business environment fraught with volatility, complexity and ambiguity. However, he believes MicroTech is well positioned to address a number of the near- and long-term challenges.
Demand for cloud computing-type solutions will grow, he predicts, as companies look to reduce infrastructure and total cost of ownership. The MicroKloud product line is poised to meet this need. He also expects green technology to become more important. Again, MicroTech products address the need for reduced energy and environmental footprints by reducing HVAC requirements and power requirements.
He sees the new wave of telecommunications as another new opportunity. The growth of mobile applications has forced a virtual reinvention of the commercial marketplace, and MicroTech offers several unified communications products as well.
MicroTech has won recognition for its corporate philanthropy from the Washington Business Journal and SmartCEO Magazine.
In 2010 and 2011, MicroTech was selected as the No. 1 privately held philanthropic company in the Washington, DC, area, and in 2011, the company ranked No. 4 behind only Fortune 500 giants Lockheed Martin, Deloitte and IBM. “Our corporate values are grounded in the notion of giving back, as evidenced by our extensive work with, and support for, the Wounded Warrior program, just to cite one example,” Tony says.
Tony also lends his expertise to Latino and Hispanic organizations including Latinos in Information Science and Technology Association, the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Mid-Atlantic Hispanic chamber of Commerce.
The company strongly supports veterans’ causes like the Wounded Warriors program, the American Freedom Foundation and the American Legion’s Heroes to Hometown program. The company helped the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund raise more than $4 million for a new hospital for brain-injured soldiers in Bethesda, Maryland. MicroTech has hosted Military Appreciation Nights at Washington-area sports arenas, paying for hundreds of service members and their families to attend.
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