The Operator Behind the Firm

Ross Amico

Founder · Ironframe Advisory · New York

Twenty years of enterprise IT operations. Not advising from the outside — running them. I've led a 39-person global support organization delivering 24/7 coverage for 30,000+ users across 10 lines of business in healthcare. I've sat at the center of a major M&A integration — retaining 5 business units, dissolving 3, and migrating 13,000+ employees across 30+ countries into a unified IT ecosystem. I built a global MSP service desk from scratch — scaling from 2 people and 1 client to 85+ staff and 25+ enterprise accounts, adding $3M+ in net new revenue.

I've led 45+ P1 war rooms in a single year — including Epic EMR outages where provider access to patient records was on the line. I've piloted Amazon Connect migrations from legacy Avaya and Genesys platforms with zero service disruption. I've personally owned SOC 2 Type II audit execution. I've been the person who bridges CIOs, clinical operations, and technical infrastructure when everything is on fire and nobody knows who's in charge.

I've merged companies, dissolved business units, migrated entire user populations across identity platforms, and built IT organizations from the ground up in environments where the previous answer was "the office manager handles IT." I've driven 90% improvement in first-contact resolution and 95% reduction in incident resolution time across global operations.

I built Ironframe Advisory to do one thing: bring everything I've done at enterprise scale directly to growth-stage companies that need it most. Your IT operations get my full attention, my full experience, and the same standard of execution I've delivered at the largest organizations in the country. That's the commitment.

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Ross Amico — Founder, Ironframe Advisory
30,000+Users Supported
30+Countries Operated In
45+P1 War Rooms Led in One Year
39Person Global Support Org Built

Who I Work Best With

  • Growth-stage companies outgrowing reactive IT
  • Mid-market firms needing senior IT leadership without a full-time executive hire
  • PE-backed organizations navigating acquisition, integration, or scale
  • Teams that need structure, accountability, and operational follow-through
20 Years of Operational Leadership

The Track
Record

Every engagement Ironframe delivers is backed by two decades of hands-on IT operations leadership across healthcare, financial services, MSP, pharmaceutical, and enterprise environments.

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Founder, Ironframe Advisory
Ironframe Advisory · New York
Boutique fractional IT leadership firm built to deliver enterprise-grade IT operations to growth-stage companies. Hands-on engagement across all four pillars: fractional IT leadership, service desk transformation, M&A integration, and major incident management. Clients get 20 years of operational experience, modern AI-augmented workflows, and a single accountable leader dedicated to their success.
Enterprise Healthcare
Sr. Manager, Technical Support & IT Operations
Optum / UnitedHealth Group · New Hyde Park, NY
Led enterprise IT service desk operations across 10 lines of business, supporting 30,000+ users in a highly regulated healthcare environment. Directed a 39-person, multi-tier global support organization delivering 24/7 coverage across integrated and non-integrated acquisitions at varying stages of technology maturity. Primary Major Incident Manager — led 45+ P1 war rooms in a single year, including multi-day Epic EMR outages impacting clinical care delivery. Piloted Amazon Connect migrations from legacy Avaya and Genesys platforms with zero service disruption. Orchestrated operational restructuring that absorbed a business unit with no existing service desk infrastructure at net-zero headcount cost. Governed ServiceNow ITSM platform and led enterprise Zscaler security implementation.
M&A Integration · Global Operations
Senior Manager, IT Service Desk & End-User Computing
TransUnion (via Verisk Financial Acquisition) · White Plains, NY
Joined Verisk Financial overseeing IT across 8 business lines. When TransUnion acquired Verisk Financial, led the end-to-end M&A integration — retaining 5 business units, dissolving 3, and migrating the entire IT ecosystem. Built a KPI framework delivering 90% improvement in first-contact resolution and 95% reduction in incident resolution time across 13,000+ employees in 30+ countries. Led Aruba-to-Cisco Meraki network migration, enterprise hardware refresh, and AV modernization. Managed $100K+ hardware lifecycle program and engaged CapGemini across six concurrent integration workstreams.
Global MSP · From Zero to Scale
Sr. Director / Director / Manager, Global Service Desk
ATSG (via Highstreet IT Solutions acquisition) · Hauppauge, NY
Founding member of a managed service desk practice acquired by ATSG — used the acquisition as a springboard to build a global 24/7 MSP service desk from scratch. Scaled from 2 staff and 1 client (Versace) to 85+ staff and 25+ enterprise accounts including the New York Public Library and Russell Reynolds Associates. Added $3M+ in net new revenue. Progressed from Manager to Director to Sr. Director through demonstrated results. Personally led SOC 2 Type II audit execution. Oversaw NOC operations, data center decommissions, and executive QBR delivery to enterprise clients globally.
Foundation · 2005 — 2015
Service Desk Supervision · Desktop Engineering · Client Services
Constructure Technologies · Forest Pharmaceuticals · Hain Celestial Group
A decade of progressive IT operations experience across managed services, pharmaceutical, and consumer products environments — from desktop support through service desk supervision. Built deep foundational expertise in Active Directory, Exchange, SCCM, endpoint management, and enterprise ticketing systems. Developed the hands-on operator instinct and client delivery discipline that informed every leadership role that followed.
Enterprise Scale
30,000+ users supported · 39-person global team · 10 lines of business in healthcare
M&A Integration
End-to-end enterprise M&A · 5 business units retained, 3 dissolved · 13,000+ employees, 30+ countries
From Zero to Scale
Global service desk built from scratch · 2 to 85+ staff · 1 to 25+ enterprise accounts · $3M+ revenue
Incident Command
45+ P1 war rooms in a single year · Epic EMR, infrastructure, and security incidents
Operational Results
90% improvement in FCR · 95% reduction in resolution time · 95%+ CSAT sustained at scale
Recognition
ITIL v3 Certified · SOC 2 Type II audit owner · Leadership Excellence Nominee · Service Delivery Innovation Award
Technology & Tooling

What We
Work With

Enterprise platforms, modern development tools, and AI-augmented workflows. The full stack — from the boardroom to the command line.

ITSM & Service Management

ServiceNowBMC Helix / RemedyJira / ConfluenceEpic EMRITIL v3SOC 2

Contact Center & Voice

Amazon ConnectAvayaGenesysAI Chatbot IntegrationIVR / Self-Service

Security & Identity

CrowdStrikeZscalerOktaAzure AD / EntraIntune / SCCMHITRUSTSOC 2

Analytics & Reporting

Power BIServiceNow DashboardsExcel / Advanced AnalyticsKPI Frameworks

Infrastructure & Cloud

Microsoft 365AzureAWSActive DirectoryExchange / HybridVMware

AI & Modern Development

Claude / AnthropicCursor AIGitHub CopilotAI-Assisted TriageAutomated WorkflowsPrompt Engineering

Dev & Deployment

Next.jsTypeScriptVercelGitHubVS CodeNotionPython
The Ironframe Philosophy

Strength
in Service

The name Ironframe comes from the idea that great IT operations are structural — invisible when they're working, catastrophic when they're not.

Most organizations don't think about their IT framework until something breaks. By then, the cost is already real — in downtime, in lost productivity, in employee frustration, and in the credibility gap that opens up when leadership can't explain why systems keep failing.

Our job is to build the frame before it fails — and fix it fast when it does. Every engagement is direct, measurable, and built to outlast our involvement. We don't create dependency. We build capability. We don't hand you a deck with 47 recommendations and walk away. We execute.

When you engage Ironframe, you get a dedicated operator — not a rotating cast of junior consultants, not a shared resource stretched across a dozen accounts. You get 20 years of enterprise leadership focused on your environment, your outcomes, and your success. Best-in-class service isn't a marketing phrase. It's the only standard we operate at.

This isn't a firm built on theory. It's built on two decades of being the person who picks up the phone at 2 AM, who sits in the board meeting and defends the IT investment, who walks into a broken environment and leaves it running. That's the standard. That's Ironframe.

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