Jacob McMakin

Jacob McMakin has worked in the IT industry since 2012 when they began their role as Director of MSP for Merit Technologies, LLC. Jacob then went on to become an Engineer III - Team Lead and a Network Engineer II, where they were responsible for working with firewalls, switches, Windows servers, Active Directory, Hyper V, VMware, break fix repair issues, network administration, Google Apps, Office 365, Lotus Notes, ground up network builds, management of existing environments, providing consulting, and other miscellaneous tasks evolving IT. Prior to 2012, Jacob McMakin worked as a Bookkeeper for BI-LO from 2007.

Jacob McMakin obtained their Associate's Degree in Applied Science from Greenville Technical College between 2009 and 2012. Jacob has also obtained several certifications from Microsoft and CompTIA, including MS-100 Microsoft 365 Identity and Services (2020), Exam 347: Enabling Office 365 Services (2018), CompTIA Server+ (2017), CompTIA A+ ce Certification (2016), CompTIA IT Operations Specialist - CIOS Stackable Certification (2017), CompTIA Network Infrastructure Professional - CNIP Stackable Certification (2017), CompTIA Network+ ce Certification (2017), CompTIA Secure Infrastructure Specialist - CSIS Stackable Certification (2018), CompTIA Security+ ce Certification (2018), CompTIA Cloud Admin Professional - CCAP Stackable Certification (2017), CompTIA Cloud+ ce Certification (2017), CompTIA Secure Cloud Professional - CSCP Stackable Certification (2018), and Datto Technical Specialist II (N/A).