700+ Certifications.

/ 01Why this matters

Certifications aren't trophies on a wall — they're the verifiable proof that a technical team has been independently tested against the standards of the people who actually build the platforms. Microsoft tests Microsoft engineers. Cisco tests Cisco engineers. ISC2 tests security professionals. When something serious breaks at 2:00 AM, the person fixing it should have been measured against those standards.

Maverick maintains 700+ active certifications across our team, spanning the full stack we deliver: Microsoft 365 and Azure, cybersecurity, network engineering, compliance frameworks, cloud architecture, virtualization, AI deployment, and hardware lifecycle. The investment in continuing education is significant — and it's why we can stand behind 23+ years of running the watch for Tennessee businesses.

/ 02AI & Microsoft Copilot expertise

The AI shift isn't coming — it's already here. Microsoft 365 Copilot, Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, custom AI assistants, and the security & governance work that has to wrap around all of it. The businesses that operationalize AI well in the next 24 months will outpace the ones that don't. The ones that operationalize it badly will leak data, miss compliance obligations, and erode customer trust.

This isn't a "we read the marketing pages" capability. It's continuous training across our team on the platforms, the security implications, and the deployment patterns that actually work in production at SMB and mid-market scale.

/ 03Certification domains

A view across the certification areas our team carries. Most engineers maintain multiple credentials, with ongoing recertification as platforms evolve.

/ 04How we keep this current

Certifications expire. Platforms change. The threat landscape rotates faster than ever. Maverick treats continuing education as a line-item operational expense, not a "when we have time" afterthought:

• Quarterly training budgets for every engineer, with mandatory completion targets
• Vendor lab access — Microsoft, Cisco, Fortinet, SonicWall, Meraki, AWS training environments
• Internal knowledge transfer — engineers who get certified train the rest of the team
• Conference and continuing-education stipends — Microsoft Ignite, Black Hat, RSA, regional MSP conferences
• Annual certification audit — we know exactly what's current, what's lapsing, and what's coming next

If your business depends on the technology decisions and incident response capabilities of your IT provider, the depth and currency of their certifications should not be a guess.