Our Story
Bay Area businesses in the late 1990s had two choices for IT support: hire internal staff they couldn't afford, or sign with a national provider who'd never set foot in their office. Neither option gave them what they actually needed — a team that knew their environment and picked up the phone.
Bayport started in 1997 to be a third option: a local team that earned its place by being present. Not because a salesperson said so, but because when something broke at 11 PM, you talked to the same engineer who built the system.
For the first decade, that meant IT infrastructure. Then the threat landscape changed. Ransomware. Data breaches. HIPAA audits. Clients who once needed help with servers started needing someone to defend them. We moved from IT consulting to managed services to full managed security — not because it was a growth strategy, but because the clients who trusted us needed us to go there.
“When you call Bayport, you talk to the people who manage your systems.”
12 senior technologists. No outsourced helpdesk. No offshore ticket queues. The person who picks up knows your environment, your compliance requirements, and your tolerance for downtime. That's not a feature. When your network goes down or an auditor calls, it's the difference between an hour and a week.
28+
Years serving Bay Area businesses
12
Senior technologists on staff
20+
Year longest client relationship
We needed someone who'd respond fast and actually know our systems. Ken and the Bayport team handle our entire IT environment, and when something breaks, we get a real person who already knows the context. That's rare.
We needed someone who'd respond fast and actually know our systems. Ken and the Bayport team handle our entire IT...
Dorothy Dela Cruz
DJM Capital
We evaluated several providers before choosing Bayport. The difference was honesty and depth. They didn't oversell, they explained what we actually needed, and the technical thoroughness has been consistent from day one.
We evaluated several providers before choosing Bayport. The difference was honesty and depth. They didn't oversell,...
Ben L
Spin Memory
Senior Team
Senior technologists who know your environment by name, not by ticket number.
Faisal Quadri
CEO
20+ years building and securing infrastructure for Bay Area businesses. Trusted advisor to C-suite leaders in biotech, healthcare, and professional services, with hands-on involvement in environments requiring HIPAA, SOC 2, and NIST compliance. Faisal started Bayport because Bay Area businesses deserved a security partner who picks up the phone. Bay Area native, still here.
Ken Okutake
Managing Consultant
Two decades of infrastructure design and client advisory. Ken holds Bayport’s longest client relationships — some spanning 15+ years — because he treats client environments like his own. When something breaks at 2 AM, Ken is the call. MCSE certified.
Andrew Kiehl
Managing Consultant
15+ years managing infrastructure for financial services and healthcare organizations. Andrew brings the calm-under-pressure discipline of compliance-driven environments to every Bayport client engagement. When audit season arrives, his clients are already ready.
Wade Hargrove
Security Architect
Principal security architect and technical lead behind Net.Protect. Specializes in endpoint protection, SIEM design, and zero-trust frameworks for regulated industries. If a threat vector exists, Wade has mapped it. CISSP.
Artem Oganesyan
Senior Consultant
Bayport’s fastest-deploying engineer — known for getting new client environments fully configured and protected in days, not weeks. Specializes in cloud infrastructure, Microsoft 365 security, and endpoint hardening.
Hieu Do
Senior Consultant
Detail-focused engineer who has resolved hundreds of critical security and infrastructure issues across healthcare and biotech environments. Clients know Hieu as the person who follows up before you have to ask.
Partners & Certifications
We partner with industry leaders to deliver enterprise-grade protection. Every tool in our stack is selected for effectiveness, not vendor kickbacks.
Technology Partners
Team Certifications