Gerard Larios

“Gerard is a highly competent and strategic executive whom I've had the pleasure of working with at Certain. His leadership to, through, and beyond a full cloud infrastructure migration has been transformative on a number of fronts for Certain and our customers. Gerard's continued forward thinking, data driven decision making, and calm/cool/collected demeanor is an asset for his teams as he helps them develop technically and professionally, and in the Board room. I thoroughly enjoy his partnership on the senior leadership team, and he's just an all around great guy!”

“I worked with Gerard at Enkata between the years 2011 and 2014. As the Director of IT Operations & Security at Enkata Technologies, Gerard was diligent, had a great vision and provided a very strong leadership. Gerard is a thorough, dedicated and results oriented IT professional who constantly strived to better the quality of IT services and took them to the next level. He always kept on top of the latest technologies and implemented newer hardware/software in the best interests of the internal and external customers. He was always available when IT involvement was required and assumed ownership of the issues. He drove issues to closure quickly and with precise solutions. We had just about the best IT team under his guidance and leadership. He ensured that all the employees are fully aware and compliant of the company security policies. Gerard highly encouraged his team to train themselves in the cutting edge technology. It was a pleasure interacting with Gerard as he maintained a pleasant disposition and calm demeanor always.”

“Gerard is a strong leader. He created the team of great professionals and all who needs always were able to receive help from this team. His good technical skills allows him to drive to success all important and complicated projects. His great communication skills and targeting on goal made meetings very productive and easy. And he always able to create friendly atmosphere inside the team and around it.”

“Gerard has a really strong set of skills to manage and improve the most challenging professional IT environments. His knowledge from low level hardware infrastructure to networking, software monitoring and security is very well rounded and allows him to define and execute best practices in a complex environment with high level of predictability and efficiency. He is able to seek help when needed and learn new areas or technologies as needed. Very hands on and also able to delegate and train his resources to grow his team. His dedication to get the job done is outstanding and he will be there to get things done and get systems back on track in case of a crisis. Would work with Gerard again in a heartbeat; a very talented and reliable resource, and a pleasure to work with.”

“Gerard did a fantastic job at scoping, designing, and implementing Enkata's performance management cloud based platform. Gerard has great IP/Network implementing and troubleshooting expertise. Gerard built a great team of technical professionals and has excellent leadership skills. I would certainly hire and work with Gerard again. I highly recommend Gerard in any IT leadership capacity.”

“Gerard is a methodical and professional planner with a particular strength in directing complex and challenging projects. While working with Gerard his company was experiencing significant growth and there were demands for him to hire, train, and direct new hires while building out their complete IT and communication infrastructure to support the company. He consistently responded with clear objectives and directed his internal and external resources effectively. One particular point that sticks in my mind with Gerard is that in pressure situations (tight deadlines, service interruption/performance, etc.) he always remained calm, focused and clear to resolve the issue in a way that displayed exceptional leadership.”

“Gerard has the skills to build and sustain a successful technical team. He did so at Pay By Touch. His leadership is well respected. He has the ability to engage the people he works with to build a cohesive and efficient team. I found he has excellent discretion in handling vendor relationships as well making solid choices in the teams that he puts together. He is thorough, hard working, and extremely dedicated. He holds his team accountable for achieving excellence. Gerard is remarkable in managing the technical expectations of the technology user base, the technical teams and the executive group. His technical background serves him well. He is positioned to comment on design, offer technical suggestions, step in and troubleshoot if necessary on a wide array of technologies ranging from networking, to voice, to storage. Given the opportunity I would not hesitate to work with Gerard again in the future.”

“I worked for Gerard at pay By Touch. Gerard is a very effective leader, knowledgeable on IT matters - networks, operating platforms and middleware. He impressed me with his work discipline and organization. This, plus his ability to motivate people, is what I believe allowed PBT, a start up, to experience essentially zero outages during its existence. I would recommend him in leadership roles for about any IT structure.”

“Gerard is a great manager who knows how to empower and motivate everyone around him. Gerard focuses on the big picture and sets deliverables and priority clearly. He gave me a lot of room to grow professionally and backed up my proposals in meetings. He is open-minded, supportive and resourceful on and off the job. I highly recommend Gerard and will be glad to work with him again!”

“During my approximately 4 years at Pay By Touch, Gerard was responsible for supporting my teams in areas ranging from desktop support to production and database issues. My team and I grew to count on Gerard at all hours of the day and all days of the week. Gerard’s calmness under critical time sensitive situations combined with his strong command of technology resulted in business units throughout the enterprise knowing they were in good hands with both he and his staff. Gerard successfully developed relationships with his internal and external clients through a very service oriented and collaborative approach. In short, Gerard is just a great person to work with. Gerard's success is no doubt tied closely to his drive to learn, support his team, support his customers and provide open and constructive communication.”

“Gerard is a manager who understands loyalty to his employees and went out of his way to make our work easier. A person who is exceptionally detail oriented, persistent and honest. He is the person who can manage a diverse team of people exceptionally well, as he can sit with you and go over code line by line, or guide you in the direction you need to help yourself. Above all Gerard's strength lies in his exceptional ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements and execute with precision. I would recommend Gerard for any endeavor in his future.”

“Without a doubt, Gerard's strong expertise in technology and operations can always be depended on. His leadership abilities, professional demeanor, and his understanding of how technology can be applied to help a company meet its objectives further separate Gerard from his peers in the industry. It was a pleasure working alongside Gerard for over four years and it is no surprise to me that Gerard has earned a reputation as a driven, reliable, and knowledgeable colleague.”

“I have had the pleasure of working with Gerard since 2004. He has both the business and technical skill-set and experience to solve any project and situation and lead multiple technical teams in both larger and smaller company settings. I have worked with hundreds of IT executives over the last several years and few are as well rounded and as successful as Gerard. If you have the opportunity to work with him you will know what I know and I am sure that you will think of him as I do.”

“Gerard is a very capable technology contributor and manager particularly in the networking, mobile and Windows spaces. He has a great mix of technology, leadership and people skills that makes him a strong contributor to the IT Operations organization. At Pay By Touch, both he and his group provided the assurance of superior quality and execution that our customers depended on time and again.”

“Gerard is an individual that projects strong leadership skills, with attributes that can build and lead an IT Operations team successfully. In addition, his depth of networking knowledge, breadth of experience, and hands-on approach makes him a top contributor, coupled with his unique ability to communicate and explain complex systems. I would highly recommend Gerard, and would not hesitate to work with him again in the future.”

“Working with Gerard for 5 years at Pay By Touch has given me great insight to this talented, well respected, solid individual. Gerard was known through the Company to be a very talented and knowledgeable leader in the Technology Division. He was often brought into cross functional teams as the point of contact for the Technology Division to facilitate the planning and execution of the current needs and objectives of the project as they related to Information Technology issues. When Gerard’s name was brought up to lead in these situations, you knew you were in good hands. Gerard was also known to be a very responsive leader. He has a strong understanding of internal customer service and promoted this positive philosophy across his team as they attended to the needs of the organization. At the same time, Gerard was responsive to his people. He took pride in the talented group of individuals that worked for him-providing them opportunities to further develop and grow their skills and talents, guiding them through challenging situations and doing what he could to make the work environment both interesting and fun. I know that he was well respected by his team as the manager and leader of their group-they were very loyal to him. I considered Gerard as one of my top “Go To” people while at Pay By Touch and I am very happy that I had the opportunity to know and work with him.”

“Gerard was an excellent person to work with. He is an effective manager, able to build a strong team and manage a budget. His attention to detail and technical abilities kept our networks and operations working smoothly and efficiently. He would be an asset to any company. I would welcome the opportunity to work with him again.”

“For my time working with Gerard, I have only good things to say about him as a manager and a colleague - he has proven to be a strong leader, capable of making right decisions in difficult situations, very knowledgeable professional overall and a good friend. I would recommend Gerard highly to any company looking for an experienced leader.”