BRIAN LARGENT

Brian started ArcLight Group in 2008 and has spent the years since keeping the same hands-on habits that shaped it early on. His background runs deep across system architecture, cybersecurity, and long-term IT strategy, and he draws on more than three decades in the field to guide how the Tulsa team works with clients. That work centers on companies across Oklahoma — in healthcare, manufacturing, legal, and financial services — that need their systems to stay secure, compliant, and running without drama. For Brian, the goal has always been a real working relationship with each client rather than another line item on a vendor list.

On the ArcLight blog, Brian writes about the full range of what it actually takes to run technology inside a growing business — not just the security headlines. He digs into what strong managed IT looks like day to day, how to know when it’s time to outsource versus build in-house, and where an MSP earns its keep. Co-management is a particular favorite of his: the model where an internal IT team keeps handling the day-to-day while ArcLight backs them up with specialized expertise, extra capacity, and virtual CIO strategy. He mixes that operational side with the security and compliance topics Oklahoma business leaders can’t afford to ignore, and he keeps it all refreshingly plain — no buzzwords, no fluff, just guidance drawn from years of walking companies through everything from routine hardening to full-blown incident response.

Away from the office, Brian is a father of five and a husband of one.