Currently · Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Christian Laboy

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Director of Technology Infrastructure with 16+ years modernizing enterprise IT across Government, Higher Education, and Performing Arts.

I align infrastructure, cloud, and cybersecurity with business outcomes — so IT becomes a multiplier, not a cost center.

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christian.laboy · M.S. Computer Science (Georgia Tech)
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role     Director of Technology Infrastructure
org      Broward Center for the Performing Arts
since   Dec 2025
based   Aventura, FL
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● open to leadership conversations

Strategic IT leader. People-focused, results-driven, ruthlessly practical about what technology should do for a business.

Over the last sixteen years I’ve led enterprise modernization across the public sector, higher education, and now the performing arts — moving critical services to the cloud, hardening cybersecurity posture, and rebuilding the infrastructure that keeps daily operations running.

My approach is the same wherever I land: align IT with the business, build a team that can carry the weight, and ship outcomes the auditors and the executives both believe.

16+
Years in IT
1,700+
Employees supported
40+
Locations modernized
4
Industries
Education
M.S. Computer Science · Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019
B.S. Information Systems Technology · Miami Dade College, 2017

Sixteen years, four industries.

From MSP operator to municipal IT lead to enterprise infrastructure director — a career built on running shops that work.

2025 → present

Director of Technology Infrastructure

· Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Leading the technology infrastructure strategy for one of South Florida’s largest performing arts venues — building on a decade of public-sector modernization to bring enterprise-grade IT to a unique mission.

2018 → 2025 · 7 yr 2 mo

Network Operations Manager

· City of Hollywood, Florida
  • Led strategic IT initiatives across networking, datacenter, cybersecurity, and unified communications — supporting 40+ locations and 1,700+ employees.
  • Directed enterprise modernization including a full infrastructure overhaul on Fortinet, Azure, and Intune.
  • Strengthened cybersecurity posture and brought the organization to audit and compliance readiness.
  • Owned IT budget, vendor negotiations, and cross-functional technology delivery.
2020 → present · Concurrent

Adjunct Faculty, EnTec

· Miami Dade College

Teaching infrastructure and networking coursework to the next generation of IT professionals — turning practitioner experience into curriculum.

2015 → 2018 · 3 yr 5 mo

Network Services Technician Coordinator

· Miami Dade College
2017 · Spring

Graduate Teaching Assistant

· Georgia Institute of Technology

Mentored graduate students, ran office hours, and assessed coursework while completing the M.S. in Computer Science.

2015 · 6 mo

IT Manager

· Allied Universal Corporation

Managed corporate datacenter and seven branch offices — Citrix XenApp, Hyper-V, Active Directory, Meraki/WatchGuard firewalls, and 200+ endpoints.

2009 → 2014 · 5 yr 3 mo

IT Systems Manager

· PC-Man Solutions (MSP)

Ran a multi-tenant datacenter on VMware ESXi, Windows Server, fibre SAN, and Cisco VPN — designed disaster recovery, supervised technicians, and delivered hands-on IT for a portfolio of clients.

Earlier
Operations Manager at Social Mobile Telecommunications (2014–15); District Supervisor at BC Sports (2003–09) — the leadership foundations before the IT-only pivot.

The toolkit, grouped.

Strategy at the top, hardened operational depth below it. Every layer earned by shipping under real constraints.

01 · Strategy & Leadership
IT Strategy Digital Transformation Infrastructure Modernization Vendor Management Contract Negotiations Budget Ownership Team Building
02 · Cybersecurity & Risk
Cybersecurity Strategy Risk Management Audit & Compliance Business Continuity Disaster Recovery
03 · Cloud & Modern Workplace
Microsoft Azure Microsoft 365 Intune / Endpoint Mgmt Cloud Migration Active Directory / Entra Group Policy
04 · Infrastructure & Networking
Fortinet Cisco / Meraki Datacenter Operations Unified Communications VMware ESXi Hyper-V SAN / Storage Citrix XenApp
05 · Certifications
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate
MCSA · Microsoft
Microsoft Certified Professional
MCP · Microsoft
Cisco Certified Network Associate
CCNA · Cisco
Project Management Professional IN PROGRESS
PMP · PMI

The work that moved the org.

2018 – 2025 · City of Hollywood
Enterprise IT modernization for a municipal network of 1,700+

Full overhaul across networking, datacenter, endpoint, and identity — replatformed on Fortinet, Azure, and Intune. Brought 40+ locations onto a single, audit-ready operating standard.

FortinetAzureIntuneM365SD-WAN
Multi-year · Government & Higher Ed
Cybersecurity posture & audit readiness

Rebuilt the controls stack and operating cadence to consistently pass compliance audits — converting cybersecurity from a year-end fire drill into a continuous discipline.

Risk MgmtSOC OpsBC/DRCompliance
2020 → present · Miami Dade College
Six years building IT pros from the classroom up

Adjunct faculty for the EnTec program — turning real practitioner experience into curriculum, and feeding the local IT talent pipeline alongside the day job.

CurriculumMentorshipNetworkingInfrastructure
2009 – 2014 · PC-Man Solutions (MSP)
Multi-tenant datacenter & managed services at scale

Designed and ran a VMware/SAN-backed datacenter serving a portfolio of clients. Built the disaster-recovery and security procedures that kept small businesses running through outages they didn’t plan for.

VMware ESXiWindows ServerSANCisco VPNBC/DR

When I’m not in the datacenter.

Based in Aventura, Florida. Sixteen years into IT and still genuinely curious about how the next platform shift will reshape what an enterprise can do.

Father first. Memorabilia collector — the shelf situation has gotten away from me. Smart home that grows another integration every weekend. Music in heavy rotation, films at theater volume, audiobooks always queued up. And yes, audiobooks count as reading.

Currently exploring
  • AI & automation in enterprise IT operations
    where the next decade of leverage actually lives
  • Zero-trust architectures at venue scale
    what BC and municipal lessons translate to performing arts
  • Mentoring the next generation
    via the EnTec program at Miami Dade College

Let’s talk.

Open to leadership roles, advisory conversations, speaking, and the occasional good problem. Email is the fastest path — LinkedIn works too.