Darren Belcher

Darren Belcher joined Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE), and began supporting the Family of FREE Network, in January of 2016 as the Vice President of Technology Services, where he is responsible for the organization and management of the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure, desk and mobile phones, applications and support. In addition, he is responsible for oversight of the IT team, including IT and phone managed services vendors, IT policy, and management of all IT systems.

Prior to joining FREE, Darren worked at another not-for-profit, Phoenix House Foundation, as the Director of IT Support and Infrastructure, where he was responsible for the day-to-day support of all local and infrastructure end points. Darren has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry at different levels of management and support with companies such as Warner Music Group and Computer Associates.

Darren also serves as the VP of Programs for HDI, Long Island Chapter. HDI fosters the sharing of knowledge, skills and networking opportunities for IT service management and support professionals.

Besides numerous IT certifications, Darren graduated from Control Data Institute with studies in Computer Science/Electronics.