Host Cliff Oxford asks InterDev how they achieve success in a “Security-era”. How does an IT company of 31 years stay in business?
As CEO of InterDev, Gary Nichols is responsible for managing the company’s direction and overall operations. Nichols spearheads InterDev’s initiatives in outsourced, managed IT and communications, overseeing its professional services and support to government, education, business and non-profit organizations across Metropolitan Atlanta and the southeastern United States.
Nichols founded InterDev in 1980 at the dawn of the personal computing era. This decision was a natural outgrowth of his interest in electronics; as a child, Nichols spent countless hours soldering kit electronics to build alarms, radios and other useful gadgets of the day.
During Nichols’ 30 years of IT experience, he has witnessed the growth of and been an early adopter of PC technologies, local/wide area networking and the Internet, and the value of managed IT services. His experience provides a deep background for consulting in the critical areas of network infrastructure, knowledge management solutions, cloud computing, and security analysis.
Nichols is a graduate of Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA; 1989) and holds certifications with Microsoft, Novell, Citrix, VMware, Dell, HP, Barracuda Networks, Polycom and IBM. He is a member of the Technology Association of Georgia and serves on several boards including the Greater Atlanta Board of Business Advisors. When not digging into the intricacies of technology, he enjoys spending time doing just about anything outdoors with his wife of 20 years and two children.
Neil Matchan, Director of IT Services
Neil Matchan joined InterDev in 1998 as a Senior Systems Engineer. He has served as Director of IT Services since 2006, where he oversees InterDev’s Technology Department and all related projects and client interactions. Matchan has been instrumental in developing, managing and growing Interdev’s Managed Services program. Prior to joining InterDev, Matchan worked in corporate sales for CompUSA, where he was named a Top 30 performer in the nation for Corporate sales, and was the #1 Account Executive at his location from 1995-1998.
After completing his core curriculum at Georgia State University, Matchan graduated from Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, GA; 1998) as a Network Administration Specialist. He was certified as a Systems Engineer in 2002 and as both a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Small Business Server 2008 Engineer in 2008.
In 2009, he became the first person to be certified as a Next Generation Engineer through Barracuda’s firewall specialist program. Matchan is also certified by Dell, Barracuda Networks (Spam, Message Archiver, Load Balancer, and Web Filter), VMware, and Ruckus Wireless as well as by most major corporate software and hardware manufacturers.
