La Monte (LT) Thompson - President & CTO

La Monte (LT) Thompson founded LME in 1999. He has over twenty years of Information Technology and Systems experience, which includes large scale Data Center, and Network Management positions for several Fortune 500 companies. Prior to this venture, LT held positions as the Director, Information Technology for TUT Systems and Vice President of Network Services for Wells Fargo Bank’s Consumer Banking Group where he was responsible for all production networks in Arizona, California and Oregon. Prior to Wells Fargo, he held management and senior technical positions at E&J Gallo Winery, Charles Schwab, Citibank, Integral Systems and Central Bank. LT attended California State University Hayward and majored in Accounting. He also has professional certifications from Cisco, Microsoft, IBM, Tivoli, SUN, HP, SEER Technologies and HP. He also is a Certified Data Protection Specialist and holds a certification for ITIL Service Management.