About Us
Meet the Team
The people who pick up the phone, show up on-site, and actually get things fixed.
Our People
The faces behind ThinkEzIT
A local team, not a call center — here's who you'll actually be talking to.
Barry Arendt
Founder, ThinkEzIT
I’m Barry Arendt, Founder of ThinkEzIT. With more than 30 years of hands-on technology experience, I built ThinkEzIT with my wife, Jennifer, with one simple goal: to make technology easier for businesses.
Growing up on a farm taught me the value of hard work, problem-solving, and getting the job done right. My career took me from construction and printing to ISP and wireless engineering, the federal government, and eventually building ThinkEzIT.
Today, we help businesses with managed IT, cybersecurity, networking, communications, connectivity, and business technology.
Michael Lehman
VP of Relationship Building/Partner
Michael Lehman is a business owner and sales professional with more than 20 years of experience helping businesses grow and improve. As co-owner of Think EZ IT, he focuses on building relationships, simplifying technology, and helping businesses find practical solutions that work.
Jennifer Arendt
Office Manager
Jennifer is a warm and dedicated professional with a proven talent for delivering excellent customer service. Deeply rooted in her faith in God, she brings compassion, patience, and positivity to every interaction. When she isn’t helping clients, Jennifer loves spending quality time with her dogs and unwinding by catching up on her favorite TV shows and movies. A creative spirit at heart, she also enjoys relaxing with a crochet hook in hand, crafting beautiful pieces in her spare time.
Thomas Bryant
Jr Admin/Service Desk
Having spent two decades in retail and customer service, I’ve learned one fundamental truth: exceptional service starts with patience, empathy, and genuine understanding. I bring this mindset to ThinkEzIT, where I strive to provide our clients with top-tier support while helping them navigate their technology needs. I enjoy taking the “mystery” out of IT by breaking complex concepts down into plain language. My ultimate goal is to keep things as stress-free as possible while consistently meeting client expectations every day. And if you happen to have dogs, please let me pet them.
Lizandra Ruiz
Back Office Accounting
As an Accounting Specialist at ThinkEz IT for nearly two years, I am excited to be part of the company’s new direction and growth. My focus is ensuring a seamless financial experience for our clients by resolving payment issues quickly and accurately. As ThinkEz IT evolves, I remain dedicated to delivering clear, reliable billing support and helping our clients navigate change with confidence.
Laura Arendt
Outside Sales
Laura is a dynamic sales professional who brings a unique blend of non profit and retail experience to her role. Known for her customer-first approach and community-driven mindset, she excels at building strong client relationships and driving impactful results. When she isn’t in the office, Laura loves exploring new travel destinations but is also just as happy relaxing at home with her dog, Max.
Max Justice, PhD, MBA, CISSP, PMP, LSSBB
AI Governance & Cybersecurity Executive
I help boards, CEOs, CIOs, CISOs, and executive teams regain control when AI, cybersecurity, cloud, and enterprise transformation move faster than governance can keep up.
As a vCISO, cybersecurity and security SME, and AI governance advisor, I align decision rights, risk ownership, security accountability, compliance evidence, and operating models so organizations can move faster while maintaining defensible control.
With more than 25 years of experience across federal, healthcare, intelligence, technology, and regulated environments, I have led initiatives that reduced mean time to resolution by 42%, cut cloud waste by 28%, increased uptime to 99.98%, accelerated major backlogs, and embedded control ownership to close audit findings.
My focus includes AI agent governance, AI security, trustworthy AI, vCISO leadership, cybersecurity transformation, cloud-security governance, GRC, board risk visibility, technology strategy, and decision assurance.
I am the founder of Maximum Justice Cybersecurity and creator of The CHN vCISO GPT powered by Cyber Shield. I am a U.S. veteran, CISSP, PMP, and Ph.D. in Technology and Innovation Management.
I work with organizations that need practical, executive-level guidance when technology adoption is outpacing governance, accountability is fragmented, or leadership needs a defensible path from risk to action.
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