Innovative Teams // Engineering Tomorrow
Empowering mission-critical enterprises with elite digital teams.
What We Do
innovation
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teamwork
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Planning
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Operations
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Development
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Support
INNOVATION
Delivering cutting-edge solutions and pioneering technologies to ensure seamless scalability, interoperability, and availability.
TEAMWORK
Collaborating effectively with clients using adaptable methodologies, multidisciplinary teams, and optimized team hours to solve complex problems with precision and expertise.
PLANNING
Strategizing effectively with a focus on scalability, sustainability, and continuous improvement to meet mission-critical enterprise needs. Incorporating architectural insights and project/program management to align with client goals and leverage existing resources.
OPERATIONS
Optimizing workflows and processes, including cloud management, automation, monitoring, IT audit and remediation, and quality assurance to ensure efficient, reliable, and scalable performance.
DEVELOPMENT
Creating software solutions, leveraging the latest technologies, implementing CI/CD practices, and ensuring quality assurance to meet market demands.
SUPPORT
Providing exceptional technical support, deep problem analysis, continuous monitoring, data recovery, computer and cloud forensics, and proactive customer service to build trust and ensure continuous improvement.
Meet Our Experts
Over 75 years of experience combined in our elite agile teams
Don Baugh
{DevOps Engineer & System Integrator}
Don brings 40+ years systems engineering on various operating systems (VMS, Solaris, Linux) & cloud experience with AWS, OpenStack, Azure and Google cloud. Don loves to work abroad wherever a customer needs him and is an avid biker, here he is tackling the Alps!
Chris Bentz
{CIO & Principal SW Architect}
Chris Bentz has over 20 years of high-level industry experience in developing private, public, and hybrid cloud infrastructures. He is adept at designing and deploying combined VM/container applications and has extensive knowledge of programming languages, development environments, infrastructure as code, automation tools, and deployment technologies. Chris is recognized for his ability to quickly assess project needs and deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions.
Education:
BS Specialist in Computer Science & Mathematics, University of Toronto
Certifications:
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS Certified Solution Architect
Google Associate Cloud Engineer
Skills:
Programming: Java, Python, SQL, Bash, Gradle, Maven, Ant, JSP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, C#, C++, Spring Boot, .NET Core, PHP, Ruby, TCL, Rest APIs, Web Services, SSH, Flask, Apache Cordova
Software: OpenStack, VMware, Amazon EC2, Cacti, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Nagios, Mrtg, OpenView, Nerve Center, Unicenter, Intermail, Sphera, Plesk, Bind, Sendmail, Qmail, OpenRadius, Imail, IIS, Apache2, NGINX, JSON, Grafana, XML
Tools: Eclipse IDE, SQL Developer, Git, SVN, Jenkins, HP ALM, TeamForge, JIRA, Terraform, Vault
Servers: JBoss, Tomcat, Apache, Nginx, Flask, Django
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, NoSQL
Cloud Experience: AWS, Azure, GCP, Ericsson CEE, OpenStack, Terraform, Kubernetes, Mirantis Fuel, Helm, Docker, VMware, OPNFV, Rancher, MAAS, Kubernetes CNI
Equipment: Cisco, Foundry, Juniper, F5, Brocade, HP, IBM, Checkpoint, Coyote
Monitoring: ELK, SolarWinds, Nagios, Zabbix, Cacti, Wireshark
DevOps Tools: Jenkins, GIT, TFS, Puppet, Ruby, Perl, Python, Salt, Ansible, SSH, Azure DevOps, Ant, Maven, Selenium, Chef, Terraform
Operating Systems: Linux (Redhat/Centos, Ubuntu/Debian, Suse, Solaris) and Windows
Michael Zeitlin
{CEO}
Michael Zeitlin brings over 20 years of leadership experience in software services and solution companies. He specializes in building high-performance teams, managing projects, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Michael's career includes significant roles in pre-sales services, product management, and implementing complex managed services. He has a deep understanding of customer operations, support, professional services, and the SaaS sectors, with experience in media, telecom, retail, ICT, and financial industries.
Education:
BA in Government & History, Cornell University
MBA in Operations Management, Indiana University
BA in Government & History, Cornell University
MBA in Operations Management, Indiana University
Military Service:
Lieutenant, Surface Warfare, US Navy
Lieutenant, Surface Warfare, US Navy
Past Deployments
Streamlining Solar Energy Operations:
Dashboard Innovation
In the rapidly evolving renewable energy sector, efficiency is key. A leader in solar power generation, faced significant challenges in reporting and billing due to their expanding array of multivendor assets. To address this, they partnered with IT PODS to develop a custom dashboard integrating power inverter APIs. This innovative solution provided a centralized, real-time view of power generation, accessible on web and mobile platforms, and automated invoice creation.
Collaborate
with Us
Pre launch consultation: We begin with a conversation about your business goals, current capacity and areas targeted for breakthroughs.
Our Journey
Founders’ Message: A personal message from the founders discussing the vision and mission of IT PODS.
Industry Insights
Dive into the latest thought leadership articles showcasing cutting-edge trends and innovations in the digital era.
Ericsson,a multinational telecommunications innovator, engaged itPODS to support the Ericsson team in Switzerland at one of their top cloud customers, Swisscom. itPODS' background with Ericsson's NFVi as well as experience with cloud and platform automation enabled the team to provide industry-leading solutions to Swisscom, which catapulted their productivity. The platform automation has significantly reduced the effort required to launch new systems while at the same time reducing costs and improving platform performance.