Behind the Screens- Meet Micah Ulrick
Get to know Micah Ulrick, a key member of the CIO Solutions team for nearly three years! Micah is a vCIO, or Virtual Chief Information Officer, in the San Luis Obispo office. As a vCIO, he acts as a C-Suite consultant for clients, advising them on long-term strategy, security, technology budgeting, and road mapping. He and the other vCIOs form our Strategic Client Services team.
Micah attended college in Seattle (the PNW!) where he initially studied Biology/Pre-Med before switching to Business Marketing. After college, his love of cooking led him to spend a few years working for Relay Restaurant Group under Chef Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi at Joule in Seattle. His tech career began at a small e-commerce startup that grew into an Inc. 500 company, followed by nearly eight years at Xerox Corporation.
Originally from Vail, Colorado, Micah grew up in the Santa Ynez Valley. He currently lives in Grover Beach with his wife and their newborn baby boy. Micah is a self-proclaimed gearhead at heart and enjoys anything mechanical, from watches to cars to motorcycles. His hobbies don’t end there though! He also loves snowboarding, photography, and competitive shooting sports (USPSA, 3 Gun, Skeet, Olympic, and International Trap.) On weekends, you can usually find him detailing his cars or exploring the Beach Cities with his wife on their bikes.
Read on to learn more about Micah!
What would the title of your autobiography be?
How to Become Lucky and Make Friends
What has been your proudest moment at CIO Solutions?
Personally, I was honored as the Customer Success Champion in 2022 after just a year on the job. This is a peer-nominated award, given to employees for their commitment to client success and representing our “Quad Win” core value. But as a whole, I have never been as proud as watching our entire company come together for the “Great Blue Screen of Death Incident of 2024”.
What’s something most people don’t know about you?
I am an Eagle Scout
What’s the best advice you’ve ever heard?
Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance
What was the most unusual or interesting job you’ve had?
I worked in a Photo Lab before digital cameras were a thing. Specializing in 35mm, medium, and large format developing, printing, mounting, and matting.
If you could go back to any moment in time, when would it be?
April 19, 1775, at the Battles of Lexington and Concord for the “Shot Heard Round the World”
What’s the weirdest fact you know?
1 Calorie = 4.2 kilojoules. Therefore 1 joule=1/4.2 calorie. Which is equivalent to 0.24 calories.
What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
“Comparison is the thief of Joy” -Theodore Roosevelt
What’s your favorite TV show? Why?
Top Gear/The Grand Tour. Apart from great hosts with wonderful chemistry. The cinematography and audio are brilliant with good 4k TV and Dolby Sound system.
What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten? How was it?
I’m a pretty adventurous eater but I’d say Rocky Mountain Oysters (cow testicles). Surprisingly good, like a chicken nugget.
What could you give a 30-minute presentation on without any advance preparation?
Marksmanship
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Bonus: What 3 words would you use to describe CIO Solutions?
Teamwork, Trust, and Empathy
We are proud of our team of skilled and friendly individuals. It’s a unique group of collaborators and innovators who share a common “can-do” mentality paired with a fondness for gifs and puns.
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