Stratit Safety & Security

A little bit about me, Dustin Howard, owner of StratIT Safety & Security, the parent company of Practical Tactical & Prep and other ventures. Interesting Fact: "StratIT" means "Strategic IT". Being that the last (almost) 3 decades of my life has been in technology, I coined "StratIT" a while back and named my company thusly. The company focus, desi... gns, plans continued to morph and while I'm still in Information Tech, eventually, I will NOT be, and that's where my other companies serve as the foundation for future phases of my career. Now the name "StratIT Safety & Security" covers the full array of what I was, what I am, what I am becoming, and what I can be. From a professional perspective, and so you know I'm a real person, here's my LinkedIn profile so you can see my career history, where I've worked, what I've done, some key skill sets, and most importantly, a whole lot of personal recommendations from others that I've worked with. I am indeed a real person, running a real business. But ME the person, here's a little more than just what the LinkedIn "resume" view will tell you. (in Shrek voice) Like an onion, I have layers. There's so much more to me than just what I've done in my professional career, and here I'm going to share some of it with you. I was born and raised in Southern California, the youngest of 5 in a little town called Indio. Interesting fact about me: I went to Coachella Valley High School. The "Coachella" music festival that's now so popular is held at the Polo grounds out in Indio area. As a child (8-12), teenager, and young adult, I used to work the polo grounds when they were still alfalfa and asparagus fields. My father's best friend was a farmer who owned the lands, and eventually sold them to the Polo Grounds. So I chuckle when people talk about going to "Coachella"....like, been there, done that, but there was no music back when I worked the farms, but there were lots of snakes, skunks, broken irrigation, and asparagus to pick. I've been married over 30 years now (to the same ...Read More