TVG CONSULTING - Key Persons


Clare Chipman - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
20 years ago, Clare made her way to California from the Midwest & found success by helping companies in the Entertainment, Design & Food industries optimize all levels of workflow and increase profitability through systemization. She co-founded TVG in 2005 & oversees all Legal, Accounting, Human Resources & partner relationships. Clare truly believes that technology shouldn't be standing in the way of the success of a company.

Garett Chipman - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
Garett is an IT executive and entrepreneur with more than 20+ years in providing and designing business technology solutions. Coming from the technical and CTO/management side of such companies as GRB Entertainment and AMG(Artist Management Group) he has implemented some of the industry's most effective solutions to help produce efficient results. He engaged with 100's of vendors and thought during his CTO time and thought - Why not pass this methodology down the small and medium sized businesses? Why not provide enterprise solutions, for the SMB market at a fraction of the budget of hiring full time staff? His entrepreneur side kicked in at that point. This is why he started TVG Consulting. Anybody can put equipment in, but it's the way one uses technology it making sure it a productive solution and does it make sense. Garett manages overall company decisions and operations for TVG and acts as TVG's chief client design architect. Garett is acts as their clients strategic Virtual CIO which they include in their services. Garett and his wife Clare live in Southern California with their 2 kids and are very active in their local non-profits and community driven causes.

George Bell

Job Titles:
  • Lead Systems Engineer
George has over 25 years in the IT industry working in the medical research, non-profit and corporate sectors. He has served in many capacities, from bench technician to IT manager. After joining TVG Consulting, he gained valuable expertise in virtual technologies, Microsoft technologies and VOIP telecommunications. His career goals include obtaining additional IT certifications in order to offer a full range of solutions and the best quality support possible to customers. "Many customers see IT as intimidating, costly and frustrating whereas I find it fun to solve technical challenges. But to just solve the problem is not enough. It is important to building relationships and engage them around the solution so that they at least they feel comfortable and empowered."

Mark Simpson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Systems Engineer
A native Texan and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Mark pivoted to a career in I.T. in the early 2000's after initially moving to California for work in the social services field. He has worked in an I.T. and Customer Support capacity for companies such as Sprint, Overture.com and Yahoo.com, and is a seasoned veteran of the Managed Services I.T. industry. Mark enjoys using his technical aptitude to help others solve their I.T. problems. He also is a devoted San Antonio Spurs fan!