Patrick Ciccarelli serves as Founder at Varsity Technologies, a managed IT and cybersecurity provider in Civic Center, CA, leading its work across Managed IT Services, Cybersecurity & Threat Protection, and Cloud Services & Migration.
In the early 1990s, while teaching at a public middle school in San Francisco, Varsity founder Patrick Ciccarelli uncovered an opportunity to help children learn by bringing technology into the classroom.
Encouraged by how access to technology changed the students' relationship to learning, he was later inspired to establish the Cisco Networking Academy. Located at San Francisco State University, the program helped students prepare for careers in the IT industry and became one of the largest technology training institutes of its time.
Fueled by his love of education and a belief that technology can be strategic, Patrick launched Varsity Technologies, which has served the Bay Area and beyond for more than 25 years.
Teacher at a public middle school in San Francisco, Founder of the Cisco Networking Academy at San Francisco State University