Brian Godlis

Professional Profile

I built my first computer when I was 12 years old and another shortly before college. I was the only college student I knew of with a computer, and my dorm room became the de facto “pull an all-nighter” computer lab for my wing of the dorm. I studied computer science at UCSB, worked for the Micro-Computer Lab on campus, engineering research, and accounting firms in a systems administration capacity. In 1996, I partnered and founded Synergy Computing, and in 2000, I became Certified Consulting; the one-stop outsourced IT department for small businesses in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, providing quality solutions and services at reasonable prices. Somewhere in the middle, life happened. I have two glorious daughters and a lovely and tolerant wife. Thirty-five years of IT services later, I am on the cusp of retirement, having merged with CITIG, a like-minded IT company with many brilliant engineers and supportive staff.