Gustave Tave Fitzpatrick

About Gustave Tave Fitzpatrick

I’ve spent my career on both sides of the managed services world, and that’s probably the biggest reason I’m effective at what I do today.I started at Bellwether Technology and spent 17 years helping grow a New Orleans MSP from a Computerland affiliate into a full managed services provider. I was part of the shift from break/fix to recurring revenue, built out a SOHO support division from scratch, and helped the business scale through everything from steady growth to the post-Katrina rebuild when a lot of companies needed IT stood back up quickly.After that, I moved to the customer side. I led IT for organizations like Noranda Alumina, Cornerstone Chemical, and Acme Truck Line. That gave me a different perspective—managing budgets, dealing with vendors, and seeing firsthand what businesses actually need from their IT partners versus what they usually get.Now I’m back on the services side as COO at Electrical Sales Corporation, a 75-year family-owned telecom and networking company in the New Orleans area. We’re building out a managed services practice focused on small and midsize businesses across the Gulf South—bringing enterprise-level tools to SMBs, but with a more hands-on, local approachIf you’re in that 15–200 employee range and feel like your IT should be working better than it is, we should talk.

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer

   Esc - Electrical Sales Corporation

   Sep 2025 — Present · New Orleans, LA, US

   Electrical Sales Corporation is a 75-year, third-generation family-owned telecom and networking company expanding into managed IT services across the Gulf South.• Building and running ESC’s MSP practice from the ground up—service offerings, pricing, tooling, onboarding, and SLAs for SMB clients• Leading a team delivering endpoint management, security, backup, and Microsoft 365 support across a growing client base• Standardized the core MSP stack: NinjaOne (RMM/backup), SentinelOne (EDR/MDR), DNSFilter, Check Point (email security/DLP), ConnectWise (PSA), and Sherweb (M365)• Overseeing day-to-day operations across both the legacy telecom business and the managed services side• Driving new business through security assessments, network audits, and straight-forward conversations with prospective clients

Education

• Woodberry Forest

  High School, English, Math, French

• Trinity College-Hartford

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Major: Computer Science, Psychology | Minor: Cognitive Science

• Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing & Management

  2001 — 2003

Skills

• Business Development
• Active Directory
• Cloud Computing
• Windows Server
• Solution Selling
• Security
• Servers
• Cisco Systems Products
• Leadership
• System Administration
• Strategic Planning
• Disaster Recovery
• Software Installation
• Networking
• Soho
• Management
• IT Management
• Project Management
• Data Center
• Microsoft Office