Veteran-owned · Municipal & Higher-Ed Technology
Systems that hold.
Teams that move.
2FTech is a technology consultancy that steps into complex operations — assesses honestly, stabilizes the essentials, and hands you back something that runs.
Steady hands
for hard resets.
Rick Shaw built 2FTech around the work most consultants avoid: walking into a technology operation that's under-resourced, over-promised, or between leaders — and making it run again. Across a thirty-four-year career he's rebuilt demoralized teams, authored the master plans that outlast them, and steered enterprise systems through rapid growth and sharp contraction alike.
- Rebuilt under-resourced and leaderless IT teams
- Principal author of institutional technology master plans
- Led operations through both growth and contraction
- Change management grounded in culture, not just tools
The 2FTech approach
Take over a struggling department, re-engage the people it serves, and rebuild trust before you rebuild the systems. Everything else follows from that.
Systems Design
& Operations
We assess how your technology operation is actually structured — governance, staffing, efficiency, and risk — then design the systems and workflows that let it run predictably instead of heroically.
- Operational assessment and gap analysis
- Governance, staffing, and org structure review
- Process design, documentation, and standardization
- Risk and failure-mode analysis on critical systems
The question we answer
Do you have what you need — people, process, and structure — to be successful and stay that way?
Project
Management
From kickoff to closeout, we run the projects that keep stalling — scoping realistically, managing vendors and stakeholders, and driving delivery without drama.
- Scoping, planning, and realistic scheduling
- Vendor, budget, and stakeholder management
- Implementation and migration oversight
- Recovery of at-risk or stalled projects
Where we fit
When the project matters more than the org chart, and it needs to actually land.
Interim
Leadership
A departure, a gap, or a turnaround — we step in as steady hands to lead the technology function, keep operations moving, and set your permanent hire up to succeed.
- Interim CIO / IT director coverage
- Continuity through leadership transitions
- Team stabilization and mentoring
- Handoff and onboarding for the permanent hire
The promise
The lights stay on, the team stays intact, and the next leader inherits order — not a mess.
Culture
Change
Technology change fails on people, not tools. We guide the human side of transformation — building buy-in, adoption, and new habits that outlast the engagement.
- Change readiness and impact assessment
- Stakeholder engagement and communication
- Adoption planning and training
- Reinforcement so change actually sticks
Why it matters
A system nobody adopts is a system nobody paid for. We move people, not just platforms.
Web Hosting
& Design Services
Practical, no-nonsense web presence for small organizations and independent operators — designed, built, hosted, and maintained without the agency overhead.
- Site design and build
- Managed hosting and maintenance
- Domain, email, and DNS setup
- Ongoing support and updates
Get started
Tell us what you need online. We'll tell you the shortest honest path to it.
Contact 2FTech
rick@2ftech.us
(661) 513-4050 · Leona Valley, CA