Thomas Defrates

Thomas Defrates is an experienced IT professional currently serving as the Director of IT at Pueblo City-County Library District since March 2023. Prior to this role, Thomas held the position of Interim Information Technology Director at Mortgage Solutions Financial from October 2017 to February 2023. Thomas has also worked as a Network Operations Analyst/System Administrator II at Centura Health, where responsibilities included ensuring data center uptime and addressing hardware and software issues. Earlier experience includes a role as IT LAN Administrator/System Administrator at Firstsource Solutions Limited, handling incident management and system maintenance. Thomas began a military career as an Information Technology Specialist in the US Army, focusing on system administration and security. Thomas is currently pursuing a degree in Cyber Security and Information Assurance at Western Governors University, building on an associate's degree in Computer Network Systems Technician from Intellitec College and various military certifications.