Location: Newport Beach, California With 20+ years of both corporate and entrepreneurial technology management and an absolute passion for building high performance teams that realise the best solutions for the toughest problems, Mitch Bledsoe love what his does! Leading from the front rather than cracking a whip from the back begets a culture of trust, creativity and ownership. Having led multiple domestic and international teams through successful large-scale product development efforts, legacy modernisations and the buildout and maintenance of all the infrastructures to support them. What was your first job? Sweats ‘n’ Surf in Redondo Beach, CA. Did you always want to work in IT? There was a time that I was thinking healthcare. Since I had already been working in IT during my college years, it was just natural to keep going down that path. I’ve never looked back and have enjoyed the ride.