Brendan Anderson
Holden,LA
Summary
IT professional with a background in network infrastructure, systems administration, and technical project leadership. Experienced designing and implementing technology solutions, managing vendors and large-scale projects, and working directly with customers and stakeholders to solve technical challenges. Background spans government, industrial, and emergency-response environments.
Overview
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Certification
2027
2027
years of professional experience
Work History
Emergency Response and IT Specialist
The Response Group
Covington, LA
2026 - Current
- Support emergency-response consulting, technical operations, and IT infrastructure for major energy-sector clients across office, exercise, and industrial field environments.
- Support planning and facilitation of large-scale emergency-response and security exercises, working directly with clients, first responders, emergency-management organizations, regulatory agencies, and state and federal stakeholders.
- Participate in client planning meetings, Tactical Response Plan development, ICS documentation, exercise execution, and post-exercise evaluations to identify operational gaps and improve response capabilities.
- Deploy to industrial facilities supporting extended H₂S monitoring operations using Industrial Scientific Radius BZ1, RGX Gateway, and DSX systems, managing connected devices, software, equipment readiness, and field troubleshooting.
- Serve as the primary onsite IT resource for the Covington office, leading its infrastructure modernization and supporting network, wireless, endpoint, and EOC/ESSD technology used during exercises and deployments.
System Administrator
Livingston Parish President's Office
Livingston, Louisiana
2023 - 2026
- Led IT operations supporting approximately 200 users across 11 government facilities and 13+ departments, with responsibility for network, server, storage, cybersecurity, backup, wireless, endpoint, and emergency-operations technology.
- Led major technology projects from requirements gathering and solution design through approval, competitive procurement, vendor coordination, implementation, and support, including development of technical scopes, specifications, RFPs, and bid packages.
- Led parish-wide network modernization deploying Cisco Catalyst 9200L switches across government facilities alongside UniFi wireless/networking, Sophos firewalls, structured cabling, and multi-site connectivity.
- Led server and storage modernization, working directly with Dell Solutions Architects on requirements, capacity planning, solution design, and future growth before managing implementation of new Dell servers and Dell EMC Unity storage.
- Led approximately $300K in camera and security infrastructure improvements, including surveillance and license plate recognition systems; also led IT implementation for major construction projects including an approximately $3M animal shelter and new parish morgue.
- Led an approximately $250K Emergency Operations Center technology modernization and supported exercises and real-world activations, including Hurricane Francine, managing video-wall, communications, radio, network, and supporting technology.
- Deployed Starlink satellite connectivity as redundant WAN infrastructure with automatic failover, improving connectivity resilience during primary ISP disruptions and emergency operations.
- Led the parish-wide KnowBe4 security awareness and phishing-simulation program, delivered employee cybersecurity training, and administered the broader environment including Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, N-able, SentinelOne, Barracuda, and Datto.
Owner / IT Consultant (Part-Time)
BMA Systems LLC
Holden, LA
2024 - Current
- Operate an independent IT services business generating ~$20K–$30K annually, designing and delivering custom PC, SOHO network, and surveillance solutions while managing customer requirements, quoting, procurement, implementation, and support.
Advanced Repair Agent
Best Buy, Geek Squad
Hammond, Louisiana
2019 - 2023
- Diagnosed and repaired complex PC hardware, software, operating-system, networking, and performance issues while performing upgrades, component replacement, software deployment, custom PC builds, and authorized Apple repairs.
- Consulted directly with customers to identify technical requirements and recommend appropriate hardware, software, upgrades, products, and services.
Education
Associate of Science - Information Technology
ITI Technical College
Baton Rouge, LA02-2024
Skills
- Network Infrastructure
- Systems Administration
- Solution Design
- IT Project Management
- Cybersecurity
- Vendor Management
- Technical Consulting
- Emergency Operations
Certification
- IS-00100.c: Introduction to the Incident Command System
- IS-00120.c: An Introduction to Exercises
- IS-00130.a: How to be an Exercise Evaluator
- IS-00200.c: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
- IS-00201.a: Forms Used for the Development of the Incident Action Plan and Incident Management
- IS-00230.e: Fundamentals of Emergency Management
- IS-00235.c: Emergency Planning
- IS-00700.b: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
- IS-00703.b: National Incident Management System Resource Management
- IS-00800.c: National Response Framework, An Introduction
Timeline
Emergency Response and IT Specialist
The Response Group
2026 - Current
System Administrator
Livingston Parish President's Office
2023 - 2026
Owner / IT Consultant (Part-Time)
BMA Systems LLC
2024 - Current
Advanced Repair Agent
Best Buy, Geek Squad
2019 - 2023
Associate of Science - Information Technology
ITI Technical College