Brian Rice

Director of Strategy & Alliances

Mr. Rice brings over 20 years of experience from the Managed Services Provider enterprise IT environment working with clients worldwide in a Global IT Consulting firm, Optistar Technology Consultants. Mr. Rice joined Optistar 14 years ago working side-by-side with the owner, Mark Jordan, to build and grow the business and still currently oversees the account management of the NYC/NJ/CT clients consisting primarily of boutique law firms. For the last four years, Rice leads the Digital Forensics Team for The Vertex Companies providing forensics services, comprehensive e-document collection, retention and management services for sureties and law firms, security breach analysis and reporting, as well digital forensic investigation and expert witness services for International Insurance Companies, and North American Sureties.

Education & Certification

B.S., Radio Television Film, University of Austin Texas