IT leader with 20+ years of experience, delivering innovative, secure, and scalable solutions with a customer-centric focus that drives business success.
I am Ali (Reza) M. Razavi, an IT leader with over 20 years of experience designing, building, securing, and operating enterprise-class infrastructure across diverse industries and mission-critical environments. Throughout my career, I have worked at the intersection of technology and strategy, aligning complex IT systems with business objectives and ensuring that organizations remain resilient, agile, and secure in the face of rapidly evolving challenges.
My professional journey has spanned sectors including defense, healthcare, financial services, education, and enterprise operations. This breadth of experience has allowed me to adapt best practices from one sector to another, creating innovative solutions that are both efficient and reliable. In all of my endeavors, I have led initiatives requiring absolute precision, strict regulatory compliance, and zero-tolerance for downtime. In healthcare, I have delivered secure large-scale deployments designed for scalability, compliance, operational efficiency, and highly available systems to protect patient data and support life-critical applications.
Over two decades, I have built a reputation as a trusted architect and operator of IT infrastructure. My expertise includes:
- Network Infrastructure Design & Deployment – architecting secure, redundant, and scalable network topologies for global and regional organizations.
- Cybersecurity & Risk Management – integrating layered security, regulatory compliance (HIPAA, DoD, NIST), and incident response strategies into infrastructure lifecycles.
- Cloud & Hybrid Solutions – leading migrations and transformations to cloud and hybrid platforms while maintaining performance, cost efficiency, and compliance.
- Enterprise IT Operations – building and managing large IT operations teams, implementing governance models, and ensuring continuous service delivery.
- Mission-Critical Environments – delivering infrastructure that supports defense operations, healthcare systems, and financial platforms where uptime and reliability are non-negotiable.
After logging off, my wonderful wife and two boys keep me pleasantly occupied. We do a lot of hiking/camping together and enjoy winter sports such as skiing and snowboarding. I also enjoy woodworking and working on home remodeling projects. I also love playing a little bluesy rock on my guitar when assured that no one is listening.
I look forward to meeting you and contributing my experience to building, improving, enabling, and optimizing your IT infrastructure. I would be grateful to speak with you and discuss how I can best provide services to your organization.
Work Terms
I work based on projects and timelines. I can be contacted throughout the week. I accept various forms of payment.