The
FluidIT Group is a group of experienced information
technology professionals.
The group was founded by two seasoned IT Executives who
continue to execute on their vision of an IT Services
company. The company is privately funded and privately
held. At FluidIT, we're always on the lookout for talented
professionals and welcome contact from interested parties.
Please send resumes to: hr@fluiditgroup.com.
Founders:
Howard McCaffrey:
Mr. McCaffrey has over 20 years of IT and business
experience. He began his IT career training users of
network and mainframe systems in the insurance industry. He
then took on the role of Chief Information Officer for a
major trade association in Washington. In this role, he was
responsible for formulating business and technology
strategies to help guide an industry through a fundamental
shift in distibution models and intellectual property
rights enforcement brought about by the advent of the
public Internet. Howard led teams in the design and
implementation of global royalty distribution and asset
identification systems and was instrumental in conducting
investigations related to supporting ground-breaking
litigation and legislation. Mr. McCaffrey has since been an
independent consultant and acting Practice Manager for a
small technology startup in Alexandria, VA.
Paul D. Robertson:
Mr. Robertson has over 24 years of security,
IT and business experience. Mr. Robertson started his
career as a programmer/analyst in the United States Army,
including a tenure at the Reagan White House working on
sensitive national security systems. Subsequently, Mr.
Robertson spent four years as an assembly language
developer at an independent software vendor coding text
DBMS engines and programming languages. During his next
eight plus years, Mr. Robertson work for Gannett- a large
media organization. Among other things, he was responsible
for Internet and information security activities
company-wide including putting USA Today on the Internet.
Mr. Robertson then spent over four years at an information
security company where he started the forensics practice,
performed security research and measured and analyzed risk.
After a stint as an independent consultant, Mr. Robertson
co-founded FluidIT Group, an IT and consulting and
solutions company where he brings his wealth of experience
to bear for clients. Mr. Robertson moderates the
Firewall-Wizards mailing list and is the current editor of
the Network Firewall FAQ. Mr. Robertson is an in-demand
speaker at security and computer forensics conferences and
events.
