The DiamondIT Team Members

Matt Mayo, Owner/CEO

Where are you originally from?:  Bakersfield, CA

Interesting hobby: Dirt Track Racing

Special achievements: Raising 4 children and they are still talking to me!

Quirky fact:  I enjoy attending Rock music festivals, shows and cruises.

What is your passion?: Anything with a high dose of adrenaline and has family involved

 What are your full blown obsessions?:  Family and Diamond IT

What do you want to be remembered for?:  Being a humble leader.  That I put the needs of others before my own.   I am coachable. Apologetic for my mistakes.  Inspired to not be defined by them but to make the most of the lessons from them.  I want to be remembered as a “helper” and “protector” for those who cannot help or protect themselves.

What did you want to be when you grew up?: I wanted to be either a Rock Star or a famous stunt man like Evel Knevel. 

 Do you have a hidden talent?:  Skeet Shooting

What inspires you to do your best work?:  Please tell me I ‘cannot’ do, be or achieve something – and that is the surest way to inspire me into action.  The harder the challenge or problem, the more driven I am to solve it.  Building something out of nothing inspires me to continue to push forward to deliver solutions to challenging problems that clients face.

Mike Leftwich, Vice President

Where are you originally from?:  Bakersfield, CA

Interesting hobby: Martial Arts and staying healthy

Special achievements: Married for 25 years, raised 4 children, Bachelor of Science Information Technology, Black Belt Kung Fu – Instructors Rank

Quirky fact:  Desire to travel the world and experiencing different cultures

What is your passion?: My family and enjoying life

 What are your full blown obsessions?:  Working out

What do you want to be remembered for?:  It’s important that people know that I love my family & friends.  I care about all people and want the best for all.

What did you want to be when you grew up?: I wanted to be an entertainer.  I watched a lot of TV and wanted to be a star. 

 Do you have a hidden talent?:  I use to dance a lot ,and played several instruments through high school.  (Not sure if you can call it talent, more like noise)

What inspires you to do your best work?: First and foremost my family.  I push so that they can have the best.  Next would be my Diamond IT family.  They are a major inspiration.  Seeing how hard everyone works and is Customer Obsessed makes me strive to be the best.  And last but not least, knowing that what we do helps our clients and motivates me to push to be better every day! 

Laura Nunamaker, Controller

Where are you originally from?:   Born in Houston, TX. Have lived in Utah and Nebraska.

Interesting hobby: Scuba Diving

Quirky fact:  My favorite music are 80’s hairbands and the band AC/DC.

What is your passion?: Being outdoors is what I look forward to, enjoying the mountains as well as beautiful beaches.

 What are your full blown obsessions?:  I love having all of my kids, grandkids and parents over for Sunday dinners.

 What do you want to be remembered for?:  Being a kind person

What did you want to be when you grew up?: Dolphin Trainer

 What inspires you to do your best work?:  I find it very rewarding to work in the family-like environment that Diamond IT offers, and am always very motivated to do whatever it takes to assist the employees with anything they may need.

Kim Board, Accounting Clerk

Where are you originally from?:  I was born in Bakersfield CA; however, I lived in Fresno until I was four.  My Mother came to Bakersfield, so she could be with my Grandmother for help.

Interesting hobby:  Cooking New Recipes, Sewing, Putting Puzzles Together, Playing all Games: Especially Chess, Learning on YouTube, Playing Tennis

Special achievements:  I was a stay at home Mom while raising four children.  I went back to school after raising my children and achieved an Accounting Degree, Computer Science Degree, Web Design Certificate, Court Reporting.

Quirky fact:  I love Excel.  Moto: “Don’t worry, I have a spreadsheet for that”

What is your passion?:  My Kids, Family and Friends

What are your full blown obsessions?:   Chess and Process Improvement

What do you want to be remembered for?:  For loving with all my heart unconditionally

What did you want to be when you grew up?:  A Gymnast

 Do you have a hidden talent?:   Yes, but if I tell you then it wouldn’t be hidden 😊

What inspires you to do your best work?:  Being honest to myself; Appreciation

Jeremy Meighan, Field Engineer

Where are you originally from?: Bakersfield, CA

Interesting hobby: Fishing, Golf, Homebrewing

Quirky fact:   I’m red/green colorblind and left-handed.

 What are your full blown obsessions?: Beer and Dodger Baseball

What do you want to be remembered for?  Always doing the right thing, even when it’s not easy

What did you want to be when you grew up? History teacher

Do you have a hidden talent?  Jeremy is an excellent marksman and was always good at tying Boy Scout knots.

What inspires you to do your best work?  My family inspires me to do better and be more every day.

Jeremy is a Bakersfield native and a graduate of Bakersfield College.  He has been with DiamondIT for over 15 years and worked his way from an entry level service technician all the way to senior systems engineer.

His thought leadership as a Virtual Chief Technology Officer is instrumental in defining policy and strategically aligning solutions for DiamondIT and its clients.   He has certifications from CompTIA, Cisco, and Microsoft with specializations in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Cloud Productivity platforms.

Where are you originally from?: The snow capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains.

Interesting hobby: Cody has over 5 years of experience running Dungeons & Dragons for DiamondIT employees.

Special achievements: Airborne Patch, Combat Infantryman Badge, & CISSP holder

Quirky fact: Cody is terrified of water… and SCUBA certified!

What is your passion?: Information Security, and nachos

What are your full blown obsessions?: Space facts

What do you want to be remembered for?: Being a good father and standing up for those who can’t do it themselves

What did you want to be when you grew up?: A Zookeeper

Do you have a hidden talent?: Writing & storytelling

What inspires you to do your best work? My team. Their hard work and their respect is what drives and pushes a leader to achieve great things. Challenge and nurture in equal measure so that you find yourself surrounded by the best, so you are constantly forced to better yourself to keep up.  Thank you Team!!

Cody Cooper is one of many veteran’s at DiamondIT, having spent the early part of his career working stateside and overseas with the 82^ND Airborne Division. Before that he grew up on a farm in Colorado. After returning to Bakersfield with his new family he settled down at DiamondIT and, drawing upon his security & IT experience in the military, he quickly worked his way up to Diamond’s expert on the matter and now spends most of his days asleep with his eyes open, ever watchful for threats to our customers, to DiamondIT, and the community.

Zachary Hilbish, Network Technician

Since 2014, Zachary has brought a positive attitude to the DiamondIT team. He loves everything about the technology field and continues to work hard to continue to grow in his position. Zachary is always willing to lend a hand and jump in wherever his team needs him which reminds him a lot of his favorite movie The Avengers. In his free time he makes sure to spend quality time with his family and friends.

Where are you originally from?:  Bakersfield, CA

Interesting hobby: PC Gaming and Disk Golf

Special achievements: Having Kids

Quirky fact:  Went from Construction to IT

What is your passion?: My FAMILY

What do you want to be remembered for?: My genuine care for others and my ability to grow and bring people together

What did you want to be when you grew up?: A Fire Fighter

Do you have a hidden talent?: I can make anyone laugh!

What inspires you to do your best work?: My Family and the Diamond Team!

Where are you originally from?  Santa Rosa, California

Interesting Hobby: I have built and perfected (almost) my own home media server.

Special achievements: Was Northern California’s fastest Sprinter (Track and Field) at one point in time.

Quirky fact: I love the gym and go about 5 days a week!

What is your passion?  Technology, I love to figure out and know how things work.

What are your full blown obsessions: My Family, working out, and Tech. (oh and kind of The Rock J)

What do you want to be remembered for? I want to be remembered for always helping anyone in need. Never saying no, and always being nice no matter the situation.

What did you want to be when you grew up? A doctor. Then I saw blood. That made me look the other way where I saw a PC and pondered – hmmm wonder what is inside there?!

Do you have a hidden talent? I was in band all my life growing up; Jazz Band, Marching Band, Concert Band, my own band called Smock. I can play Tenor Saxophone really well and Drums.

What inspires you to do your best work? What inspires me is the customer satisfaction. There is nothing like leaving a customer happy.

Michael was Born and raised in Northern California and migrated to Bakersfield where he pursued a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology.

Michael is highly trained and has extensive knowledge in Backup and Disaster Recovery. He is one of our lead onsite engineers with over 6 years of IT experience and he provides an excellent customer service experience the clients he serves.

Where are you originally from?:  I Grew up in Long Beach and moved to Rancho Santa Margarita in 6^th grade and graduated HS from Capo Valley High School.

Interesting hobby: I love collecting coffee cups. Doesn’t matter what size, shape just anything with a funny quote to get you through the day is good for me.

Special achievements: I was awarded Top Sponsor in October 2020 out of over 4,500 Women on my team with Younique.

Quirky fact: I was on my High School Swim Team and Water Polo Team all 4 years and now very seldomly want to be in a pool.

What is your passion?: Absolutely love helping others. I love giving back and helping other find confidence and being successful 

What are your full blown obsessions?: Screen T’s (mostly Band T’s), earrings, fashion, makeup, photography, spending time with family, helping others succeed.

What do you want to be remembered for?:  Always have a kind and generous heart and being there for others when they needed it.

What did you want to be when you grew up? Pediatrician

What inspires you to do your best work?:  My family and I hold myself to very high expectations. Often times I am my hardest critic and a perfectionist so I strive to always do my best and give 110% in all that I do.

Where are you originally from?:  A very small town called Aptos, CA in the Santa Cruz hills

Interesting hobby: I run a private WISP (Wireless Internet Service Provider) for my family.

Special achievements: I studied for and took the Putnam Challenge/Competition (which is a very hard mathematical test.)

Quirky fact: My wife and I have 10 Chickens and frequently hand out home grown eggs.

What is your passion?: Technology, Networks

What are your full blown obsessions?: I really enjoy challenging optimization problems.

What did you want to be when you grew up?:  Mad Scientist.

Do you have a hidden talent?:  I used to sing in High School and College.  Jazz mostly.

While not from Bakersfield originally, Garret Ullal is a local college graduate of California State University, Bakersfield with a degree in Computer Engineering and a focus in digital communications and robotics. 

 He is a former Corporal in the United States Marine Corps, where he served overseas for 3 years in the European theater as a Security Forces Marine.  While not at work, Garret raises chickens in his backyard, tinkers with technology, and continuously studies and reviews new and emerging technology.

Where are you originally from? Nebraska

Interesting hobby: Vegetable and Fruit Gardening

What is your passion?: Camping, Hiking and Backpacking

What are your full blown obsessions?: Starbucks and Working Out

What do you want to be remembered for?: Being Humble, Kind and Honest

What did you want to be when you grew up?: Game Warden

What inspires you to do your best work?: I have very high expectations for myself and am a people pleaser.

Where are you originally from?:  North Las Vegas.  Grew up in Bakersfield, CA

Interesting hobby: Scuba Diving

Quirky fact:  I can juggle 3 tennis balls, but only for a couple of seconds.

What is your passion?: , I’ve always been fascinated with computers.

What are your full blown obsessions?:  I enjoy helping my friends and family with their technology problems, whether it’s a cellphone that isn’t calling, or a computer’s Wi-Fi that isn’t connecting.

What do you want to be remembered for?: I want to be remembered for my kindness, intelligence, and love for my friends and family.

 Do you have a hidden talent?:  I can solve a Rubix Cube in under 2 minutes.

 What inspires you to do your best work?:  The feeling that I get when I am able to solve a complicated problem

Where are you originally from? Bakersfield, CA

Education: – Attended Liberty High School & CSUB in Bakersfield

Interesting Hobby: – Playing the Trumpet

Quirky fact: – Hunter is colorblind. (He is one of two colorblind Diamond employees!) 

What are you Passionate about? – “Helping others solve problems that are frustrating them”

What inspires you to do your best work? – “When I was a kid, my dad taught me to always work hard and to help others. I still think back to those lessons each day as I assist customers.”

Hunter was born and raised in Bakersfield, CA.  He grew up in a musical household and has played the trumpet for many years, both for fun and as a professional.

In his free time he admits to browsing “far too much Reddit” and playing with his beloved cat Truman.

Where are you originally from?: Bakersfield, CA

Interesting Hobby: Car Enthusiast and Gamer

Quirky Fact: Likes singing and dancing

What are your full blown obsessions?: Watching Sports (Steelers and Dodgers) and Drinking Beer

What do you want to be remembered for?: Being the goofy person I am and making people laugh

What did you want to be when you grew up? Probation Officer or Police Officer

Do you have a hidden talent?: I like to work on puzzles. I also like to work on cars and home projects.

What inspires you to do your best work?: Showing my kids that taking on new task and showing you can accomplish them can make you the person people want to look up to and could rely on

Where are you originally from?:  Bakersfield, CA

Interesting hobby: Racing

Special achievements: Owned a house at age 20

Quirky fact:  I may walk slow but I like to go fast

What is your passion?: I am passionate about my job, my family and my friends.

What are your full blown obsessions?:  Just being the best person I can be

What do you want to be remembered for?: Someone that never let anything stop him and could help anyone at any time with anything

What did you want to be when you grew up?: A truck driver. My Dad was one when I was little and so I wanted to drive as well.

What inspires you to do your best work?: The problem solved and the customer being happy at the end of the day inspires me to do my best work.

Where are you originally from?:  Los Angeles, CA

Interesting hobby: Whitewater Kayaking

Special achievements: Volunteer for Search and Rescue

What is your passion?: Treating others the way I want to be treated

What are your full blown obsessions?:  Where do I start?… I enjoy bringing the Diamond Team together and creating memories with them.  Outside work, I like to engage in a number of outdoor activities.

What did you want to be when you grew up?: Amelia Earhart

 Do you have a hidden talent?:  Well it wouldn’t be hidden if I tell you!

 What inspires you to do your best work?: Working alongside great people who are working towards a common goal.

Where are you originally from?: Tollhouse, Ca

Interesting hobby: Astrophotography, Scale model aviation/Quad copter, Wood Working

Special achievements: I was the first from my family to get my bachelor’s degree and also the first Marine in the family.

Quirky fact: I have my own website.

What is your passion?: Astrophotography, Scale model aviation/Quad copter, Wood Working

What are your full blown obsessions?: Right now it is Astrophotography, it changes all the time.

What do you want to be remembered for?: That I did my job and did it well

What did you want to be when you grew up?: Pilot/Astronaut

Do you have a hidden talent?: Wood working, and making stuff in general

What inspires you to do your best work?: The satisfaction that what I did will be used by others.