About

The person behind the work

Over 25 years working in IT across a range of industries, environments, and challenges.


Ryan Vivatson

Ryan Vivatson

Owner
ryan@vivoitconsulting.com

Vivo IT Consulting was built on 25+ years of hands-on experience managing technology across manufacturing, logistics, and hospitality organizations, ranging from regional operations to global enterprises with teams across multiple countries.

That experience covers a lot of ground: moving businesses to the cloud without disrupting operations, bringing structure to IT budgets that had grown without oversight, improving security practices at organizations that didn't know where to start, and helping leadership teams make better decisions about technology investments.

The common thread in all of it is that most technology problems aren't really technology problems. They're planning problems, communication problems, or resource problems. Getting to the right answer usually means understanding the business first.

Vivo IT Consulting serves small and mid-sized businesses across Pierce and South King counties. Remote engagements are available as well.

Vivo IT Consulting also offers web design and build services for small businesses that need a site that actually works for them. See the Web Design page for details.


Background
  • Budget and vendor managementManaged multimillion-dollar IT budgets across multiple organizations, consistently keeping spend on target while finding ways to do more with less.
  • Security and risk reductionDesigned and implemented security programs that reduced incidents by up to 70%, with a focus on practical measures that fit how small and mid-sized businesses actually operate.
  • Reliability and continuityBuilt disaster recovery programs that achieved 99.99% uptime and cut unplanned downtime by 40%, ensuring businesses could keep running when things went wrong.
  • Cloud and infrastructure transitionsManaged full cloud migrations across major platforms with no operational disruption, supporting businesses through significant technology transitions while keeping day-to-day operations running.
  • Team building and leadershipBuilt and led IT teams of up to 12 people across infrastructure, security, and support functions, with a focus on developing people and building teams that last.

Areas of focus
Technology Planning Cloud Transitions Vendor Management Security and Risk IT Budgeting Team Development Business Continuity Executive Advisory

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