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title: "Leadership"
description: "Unified IT is led by its two founders, Cody Franklin and Matthew McManus. Every project runs through them."
url: "https://unifiedit.tech/about/leadership"
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[Company](https://unifiedit.tech/about) Leadership

# Executive leadership

Unified IT is led by its two founders. Every project runs through them.

[## Cody Franklin Founder](https://unifiedit.tech/about/leadership/cody-franklin)

Cody founded Unified IT in 2019 and has grown it to 400+ completed projects. He leads the company's engineering methodology, client strategy and creative direction, and is training for his pilot's license. Unified IT is a UniFi Certified Partner.

[View profile: Cody Franklin](https://unifiedit.tech/about/leadership/cody-franklin)

Areas of ownership

- Executive strategy
- Presales & client relations
- Network engineering
- Marketing & brand
- YouTube production
- Finance & operations
- Product development
- Partnerships (Ubiquiti)
- Design & creative direction

[## Matthew McManus Co-Founder, CTO & CISO](https://unifiedit.tech/about/leadership/matthew-mcmanus)

Matt oversees technical architecture, backend infrastructure and security on every engagement. His focus is cybersecurity, systems design and infrastructure monitoring.

[View profile: Matthew McManus](https://unifiedit.tech/about/leadership/matthew-mcmanus)

Areas of ownership

- Cybersecurity
- Network engineering
- Backend & DevOps
- Systems architecture
- YouTube production
- Marketing & content
- Technical documentation
- Infrastructure monitoring
- Security auditing

Shared responsibility between both founders

## Talk to a network engineer.

[Talk to an Engineer](https://unifiedit.tech/schedule-call)