Fractional CIO | vCISO | Engineering leadership

Expert IT strategy and security for schools focused on mission, not systems

Coretech Partners works with K–12 schools, non-profits, and mid-sized organizations to secure and modernize their IT while staying compliant, resilient, and ready for what comes next.

TALK TO AN ENGINEER No sales people. No fluff. Just practical, security-first guidance.
Security roadmapping Risk & compliance Infrastructure & cloud K–12 & non-profits
Where Coretech Partners fits

Coretech Partners sits at the intersection of technology leadership, security, and hands-on engineering.

  • When you need a technology leader who thinks like a CISO and can also troubleshoot a failing backup job.
  • When you need to modernize infrastructure without compromising compliance or exceeding your budget.
  • When you need someone your staff, faculty, and leadership can all work with effectively.

Coretech Partners is built for organizations that need senior expertise without a full-time executive headcount.

Technology advisory focused on secure, practical engineering

Coretech Partners focuses on what most traditional IT consultancies and vendors do not: deeply aligning security, risk, and operations with the real constraints facing schools and mission-driven institutions.

This is not a slideware shop. It's a partner that can write a board-ready roadmap, review an incident report, and then log into your server to fix what's actually broken.

What Coretech brings
  • Security-first thinking grounded in real-world constraints.
  • Hands-on engineering exertise across infrastructure, networking, and backup.
  • Clear, jargon-free communication for leadership and non-technical stakeholders.
Who Coretech works with
  • K–12 and higher-ed institutions.
  • Mid-sized organizations.
  • Non-profits without full-time CIO, CISO, or CTO roles.
CONTACT US Tell Coretech what's keeping you up at night. If it's not a fit, you'll hear that plainly too.
Typical starting points
  • You have aging systems and no clear roadmap to modernize safely.
  • You're not confident your backups, DR, or security controls will work when needed.
  • You need to answer "Are we okay?" to leadership or a board, and you're not sure.
  • You're being sold point solutions without a cohesive strategy.

Coretech's work often starts with clarifying the current state, identifying the most important risks, and then mapping a path forward that you can actually execute.

Cohesive, strategy-led planning

Strategic guidance to plan, modernize, and align technology with your mission and compliance goals. Roadmaps connect budgets, risk, and long-term resilience.

  • IT roadmapping aligned with organizational and regulatory needs.
  • Security posture assessments and gap analysis.
  • Budget planning with clear tradeoffs and options.
IT & security strategy Board-ready roadmaps Policy & controls alignment

Risk, compliance, and resilience

Practical security and risk management tailored for organizations with small budgets and staff. Compliance is treated as a floor, not the ceiling.

  • Risk assessments tied directly to operational impact.
  • Controls selection and prioritization that fit your environment.
  • Incident review and after-action planning.
Risk assessments Control frameworks Incident response planning Business continuity

Infrastructure, operations, and backup

Support that's as comfortable in a server room as it is in the boardroom. Network infrastructure and backup decisions are made with failure modes and recovery in mind.

  • Backup and recovery design that's tested, documented, and trusted.
  • Infrastructure modernization with clear failure-domain thinking.
  • Pragmatic use of cloud, on-prem, and hybrid approaches.
Backup & DR design On-prem & cloud Network & storage Operational runbooks

How we typically work with clients

Coretech engagements are designed to be flexible and right-sized. The goal is to give you a clear path forward, not to create dependency or endless retainer work.

Typical engagement shapes
  • Short diagnostic assessments leading to a prioritized roadmap.
  • Fractional leadership (CIO, vCISO, or CTO-style involvement).
  • Project-specific support (e.g., backup redesign, DR planning).
What Coretech optimizes for
  • Clear prioritization of what matters most now versus later.
  • Documentation that your team can actually use.
  • Repeatable, defensible decisions you can explain to leadership.

Coretech works with your internal staff, existing vendors, and constraints. All work is done with and through them, not around them.

What to expect in a first conversation
  • A focus on understanding your environment, constraints, and risks.
  • Direct feedback on where Coretech can and cannot help.
  • No pressure, no jargon, and no long sales cycle.

If there's a fit, Coretech will propose a narrow, clearly-scoped starting point that creates real progress in 60–90 days, not a multi-year dependency.

Coretech Partners. Experience you can rely on.

Coretech Partners was founded by a technology leader with more than three decades of hands-on experience working across IT, security, and education. That foundation is supported by a skilled team of engineers, analysts, and educators who bring complementary strengths to every engagement.

Together, the Coretech team delivers practical, enterprise-grade IT and infrastructure solutions for schools and mission-driven organizations. The team has deep experience designing and operating large-scale networks using platforms such as Cisco, Juniper, HPE Aruba, Darktrace, Meraki, and UniFi. This work includes real-world firewall architecture and tuning, campus-wide WiFi deployments, MDM rollout and support using Jamf, Mosyle, and Kandji, and full lifecycle server management across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Team members also bring backgrounds in education and administrative leadership. This allows Coretech to bridge technical problem-solving with the clear communication needed to support school boards, administrators, and faculty.

  • 30+ years of combined enterprise IT and infrastructure experience with industry-leading platforms.
  • Deep understanding of the unique requirements and operational constraints of academic and mission-driven institutions.
  • Proven success securing edge systems, hardening networks, and implementing recovery architectures tested in real-world conditions.
  • Strong ability to translate complex technical systems into clear, actionable options for non-technical decision-makers.

Backed by this multidisciplinary team, Coretech Partners brings the depth, precision, and reliability needed to support your organization as its technology evolves.

Technical expertise
  • Network & Security: Cisco, Juniper, HPE Aruba, Meraki, UniFi; Zero Trust design, network segmentation, AI-driven threat detection (Darktrace)
  • Endpoint Management: Jamf, Mosyle, Kandji across Windows, macOS, Linux; secure device onboarding, compliance, and lifecycle management
  • Infrastructure: Server management, virtualization, high availability, backup and ransomware-aware disaster recovery
  • Education Experience: Administrative leadership, classroom teaching, faculty and staff support

This blend of modern infrastructure, security-first design, and education experience supports practical, sustainable technology decisions in real school environments.

Contact Coretech Partners

If you're responsible for technology, security, or operations at a school, non-profit, or mission-driven organization and something here resonates, get in touch.

A brief conversation is often enough to clarify whether Coretech can help and what a sensible starting point might look like.

  • You don't need a fully-baked project or RFP to start a conversation.
  • You don't need to have the "right" vocabulary or framework in place.
  • You just need a sense that your current trajectory, risk, or clarity isn't where it should be.
How to reach Coretech

The best way to reach Coretech is via email with a short description of your organization and what you're wrestling with.

INFO@CORETECHPARTNERS.COM

Please note: Coretech takes on a limited number of concurrent clients to preserve attention and quality of work. If there isn't capacity, you'll hear that clearly.