As Director of Oper­a­tions, Dede oversees all day-to-day oper­a­tions including sched­uling of tech­nical staff, accounting, and general admin­is­tration. Part den-mother and part drill sergeant, Dede has her finger on the pulse of every aspect of Welsh Consulting’s business. Previ­ously the assistant to the Chief Financial Officer of Healthcare Service of New England, she joined Welsh Consulting in 2003. Dede attended Bridge­water State College and Massasoit Community College. In her free time, she enjoys trav­elling espe­cially to the Caribbean Islands, and is now planning a trip to Greece and Turkey. Most lunch hours, Dede can be found at the gym taking a spin class.

Jason joined Welsh Consulting in 2004 and leads many of the tech­nical projects including server migra­tions, virtu­al­ization and shared storage. He also helps supervise the consulting staff. In addition to his degree in Computer Science from UMass Boston, Jason carries the following certifications: MCITP: Enter­prise Admin­is­trator, Microsoft Certified Systems Admin­is­trator (MCSA) +Messaging, Cisco Certified Network Asso­ciate (CCNA), CompTIA Conver­gence+ Certified,  Certified SonicWALL Security Admin­is­trator (CSSA), and NeverFail Certified Imple­men­tation Engineer (NCIE),  in addition to his extensive training in VMware, Cisco and SonicWALL solu­tions. Having previ­ously grad­uated from the Berklee College of Music, Jason spends his free time as a musician (guitar and bass guitar) and song­writer and has performed with a number of bands in the Boston-area including Vintage Radio and Consenting Adults.

Having joined Welsh in 2004, Ben has a hand in most every project. He oversees business devel­opment, recruiting, project management, IT planning for new office build-outs and office relo­cation, network upgrades, compliance issues, high avail­ability and disaster recovery planning, and vendor coor­di­nation. He has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Maine with a concen­tration in Management of Infor­mation Systems. When not working, Ben is equally active, partic­i­pating in road races for charity, fly fishing, and back­packing in many of the national parks including Denali, Yosemite, Grand Teton, Grand Canyon and Yellowstone.

David joined Welsh Consulting in April 2009 and specializes in Windows and network admin­is­tration. A graduate of Went­worth Institute of Tech­nology with a B.S. in Computer Infor­mation Systems, David was previ­ously the Network Admin­is­trator at a small manu­fac­turing company on the South Shore. David has attained the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certi­fi­cation, the Microsoft Certified IT Profes­sional (MCITP) for Enter­prise Messaging on Exchange 2010 and Enter­prise Admin­is­trator on Server 2008, is a VMware Certified Profes­sional (VCP), and is a Cisco Certified Network Asso­ciate (CCNA). One of several guitar players at Welsh and an alumnus of the Berklee College of Music, David has played in several alter­native rock bands and enjoys studio recording. He fills any addi­tional free time with his family or on the tennis court.

Dennis specializes in new business devel­opment. Previ­ously an Account Exec­utive at 95.9 FM WATD Radio, Regional Sales Manager at BuyerZone.com, Inc and a Sales Manager at Go Ahead Tours, Dennis grad­uated from Emerson College with a B.A in Jour­nalism and a Minor in Psychology. Dennis joined Welsh in 2008. In his free time, he hosts a sports talk show for 1490 AM WMRC Radio called “The Sports Buzz,” and volun­teers as a Big Brother for the Big Brother Big Sister Asso­ci­ation and with the Greater Boston Food Bank.

Ashley joined Welsh Consulting as a Project Coor­di­nator in October 2009. She has an extensive back­ground in customer service and most recently worked in Human Resources for a large Boston accounting firm. While obtaining her under­graduate degree from UMASS-Amherst, Ashley lived in Spain for 5 months studying language and culture at the Univer­sidad de Oviedo. She received a B.A. in Spanish and a focus in Criminal Justice in 2006. During her free time she tutors a Colombian family in English and volun­teers for a local non-profit.

Paul joined Welsh Consulting as a Network Consultant after two years at Broadview Networks. A native of Vancouver, Canada, Paul is certified as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Windows Server 2008 Enter­prise Admin­is­trator (MCITP) and A+. Prior to joining the computer industry, Paul worked in the Bahamas onboard a dive boat as an open water scuba instructor where his passion for computers quickly slotted him as the resident computer tech­nician for the boat.

In his role as a Network Consultant, Michael is certified in A+, Network +, MCDST – Windows XP, MCTS – Windows 7, and MCSA, and is working on his MCITP-EA certi­fi­cation. Before joining Welsh, Michael was a tech­nical support specialist at Common­wealth Financial Network in Waltham for three years. Michael grad­uated with a degree in politics from Brandeis University, where he also worked as a Senior Helpdesk Tech­nician while a student. Mete­o­rology is one of Michael’s many varied interests and he has been certified by the National Weather Service as a Skywarn severe weather spotter.

Laura joined Welsh Consulting as an Admin­is­trative Assistant in 2011. Previ­ously she was a Special Project Coor­di­nator at the Tufts School of Medicine. Laura has a degree in Jour­nalism from UMass-Amherst and stays abreast of new devel­op­ments in social media tech­nology. Outside of work, Laura enjoys running, biking and listening to live music.

Stefan brings over 11 years of tech­nical expe­rience to his role as a Network Consultant. A graduate of Boston University with a degree in Computer Science, Stefan worked as a Senior Helpdesk Analyst at Digitas for six years prior to joining Welsh. In his free time, Stefan enjoys cycling, cooking and playing basketball.

Saroj brings over eight years of expe­rience in LAN/WAN networking and systems admin­is­tration to his role at Welsh Consulting.  Orig­i­nally from Katmandu, Nepal, Saroj grad­uated from the University of Delhi with a B.S in Business Management and is certified in A+ and Network+ and is a Microsoft Certified Profes­sional (MCP) Windows Server 2000, Microsoft Certified Systems Admin­is­trator (MCSA) Windows Server 2003, and Cisco Certified Network Asso­ciate (CCNA). Prior to joining Welsh, Saroj worked at VHB Inc., a civil engi­neering firm in Watertown helping to support 20 regional sites with 1200 users. Saroj enjoys staying abreast of current events around the world and playing golf and basketball.

Orig­i­nally from Bosnia & Herze­govina, Denis has over six years of expe­rience in network admin­is­tration and desktop support. A graduate of Boston University with a degree in Computer Systems Engi­neering, Denis previ­ously worked at Verenium Corpo­ration in Cambridge where he provided IT support to exec­utive and manu­fac­turing envi­ron­ments of over 400 employees. Off the job, Denis enjoys, swimming, fishing, hiking, playing soccer and construction projects.