Who I am
Jasvant Singh Dosanjh
Problem-solver by instinct. Solutions-driven by choice.
Senior IT leader open to IT Security & GRC Leader · Technical Program Manager · Senior Systems & Endpoint Engineer roles
For a decade I’ve done one thing across very different environments — healthcare, higher ed, gaming, and big tech: find what’s broken, fix it, and build something better and more durable for the teams that rely on it.
The pattern behind every chapter
Most problems aren’t really technical problems. They’re coordination problems, trust problems, or gaps in knowledge that eventually show up in the work. What Jasvant tends to do well is notice those gaps — and then work with the team to close them in a way that lasts. Over 10+ years across education, healthcare, gaming, and big tech, a lot of the frameworks he helped build ended up outliving his involvement — picked up by other teams, departments, and studios.
He builds with one assumption — that what he makes will be used far beyond its original scope — and serves with one belief: that something valuable should never stay locked away where only one person can reach it.
Fluent in English and Punjabi, conversational in Hindi and Urdu. Plays harmonium, tabla, and dholki. Loyal to Manchester United through every challenge.
Philosophy
How I work
A senior hire isn’t just someone who knows the technology deeply — it’s someone who can hold that depth and still make it feel approachable for everyone in the room. Here’s what I try to bring to a team.
Build with intent
I’d rather build something once, thoughtfully, than patch it forever. I assume whatever I make will be used beyond its original scope — so I document it and make it easy for the next person to pick up.
Proactive, not reactive
Waiting for a breach to reveal the gap is a plan that has already failed. I prefer to bake protection in early and quietly, so security is a habit rather than a fire drill.
Technology should amplify
The win is never “more tools.” It’s removing the friction between people and their best work, so the technology fades into the background and the team moves faster.
IT as a success model
Done well, IT helps an organization move faster, spend smarter, and actually trust its technology. Turning IT from a hindrance into that kind of advantage is the bar I try to hold myself to.
Lead with compassion
Kindness, patience, and forgiveness aren’t extras — they’re how trust gets built. I want people to walk away from working with me feeling supported rather than judged, ideally with a smile.
Technology works for people
Not the other way around. Every decision I make starts and ends with the person on the other side of the screen.
Depth you can trust — explained so everyone gets it
The part I take most seriously is understanding a system well enough to explain it simply. The goal is never to sound like the smartest person in the room — it’s to make the complex feel approachable, for engineers and non-technical teammates alike. When people understand the “why,” they trust the work, and that’s the difference between a team that tolerates IT and one that genuinely leans on it.
“What truly sets him apart is how approachable, patient, and generous he is with that expertise.”
“In a space often occupied by people unable to explain complexity, Jasvant has always valued being the complete opposite.”
Selected work
Projects I’ve led
A decade of hands-on projects across education, healthcare, gaming, and big tech — each one shipped, and many adopted well beyond their original scope.
Speech & Hearing Sciences Clinic onboarding
University of Washington
Led the clinic’s onboarding into centralized IT — coordinated clinical vendors, enforced HIPAA, and rebuilt a fractured faculty–IT relationship. Improved the SLA from 48 hours to 2 and cut $30,000/year in spend.
Scalable Jamf Pro rebuild
University of Washington
Rebuilt Jamf Pro to scale across the entire College of Arts & Sciences — 40+ departments and 400+ Apple devices (Macs and iPads) — with an enrollment and compliance framework later adopted by additional university departments.
College-wide documentation hub
University of Washington
Built the college’s documentation hub from scratch — extensive runbooks and guides that became a shared resource for IT staff across the entire college, not just the Dean’s Office team.
Zero-to-one gaming-studio IT
Tencent — Team Kaiju Studio
Built a new gaming studio’s entire IT foundation in five months — 100+ custom high-end gaming PCs, networking, and identity — vetting vendors like Google, JumpCloud, AWS, Cisco, and 1Password. The stack was adopted as the standard for studios in LA and Montreal.
BeyondTrust Linux integration & developer bug tooling
Meta — Enterprise Engineering
Wrote Bomgar-on-Linux documentation that started with Oculus’s AR/VR teams and was adopted by BeyondTrust as the first-party solution for its Bomgar Linux users globally. Also built Python tooling that helped developers pinpoint bugs and surfaced remediation steps from Meta’s internal knowledge base.
$2M ed-tech infrastructure foundation
Chef Koochooloo
Managed the development team, interviewed game-development vendors, and built the IT infrastructure foundation for the ed-tech startup — work that helped secure over $2M in funding from Nestlé and the Chilean government.
More work
University of Washington · 6 months · repeatable framework
University of Washington
University of Washington · NIST & HIPAA audits · multi-state compliance
Omni Group · ~2 hrs saved per server
Rochester Community Schools · adopted district-wide
Oakland University — Technology Services · −40% ticket volume
Oakland University — Kresge Library
Oakland Community College
Personal & open-source
Tools I built on my own time — sparked by problems I saw at work and at cybersecurity conferences. Explored more on the products page.
AI Sikh Library — open dataset
Personal · open-source
A 758M+ word multilingual corpus of Sikh manuscripts and scripture (powering SikhArchive) built to make rare heritage searchable. Born from problems I kept seeing in my own work and conversations at cybersecurity conferences.
HuggingFaceGurmukhiFix
Personal · open-source
A Tesseract post-processing engine that repairs OCR errors in handwritten South Asian and Persian scripts where off-the-shelf tools fail. Shipping to PyPI as gurmukhifix.
GitHubExperience
Career at a glance
Senior Computer Specialist — Infrastructure · University of Washington
Jan 2023 – Mar 2026Infrastructure Implementation Lead (Contract) · Tencent — Team Kaiju Studio
Aug 2022 – Dec 2022DevOps Engineer (Contract) · Omni Group
Feb 2022 – May 2022Apprentice Systems Technician · Meta
Aug 2020 – Feb 2022Technical Consultant · Rochester Community Schools
Nov 2020 – Dec 2020Technical Assistant · Rochester Community Schools
Aug 2019 – Aug 2020Department Shares Administrator (Intern) · Oakland University UTS
Jan 2020 – Apr 2020Technology Services Mentor · Oakland University — Kresge Library
May 2018 – Jan 2020Technical Project Manager (Contract) · Chef Koochooloo
Aug 2019 – Nov 2019Researcher (Intern) · Shabad OS
Aug 2017 – Jul 2019Beyond the title
Leadership & activities
Board of Directors Member
Jul 2024 – Mar 2026University of Washington Professional Staff Organization
- Aligns university governance with its stated values and the interests of the professional-staff community.
- Serves on UW faculty councils: IT & Cybersecurity, Research, and Faculty Benefits & Retirement.
Public Speaker & Educator
Jan 2024 – PresentEverything’s 13 (Basics of Sikhi North America)
- Speaks and teaches at Sikh camps globally, sharing Gurmat principles and inspiring purpose and compassion.
- Organizes events at universities and Gurdwaras across the Pacific Northwest and coordinates Amrit Sanchars worldwide.
- Teaches Santhiya — correct pronunciation and understanding of Gurbani — to students globally.
Health & Safety Committee Member
Jan 2024 – Dec 2025UW College of Arts & Sciences
- Evaluates workplace incident reports, accident-prevention programs, and safety-inspection trends.
- Acts as liaison between the committee and the UW personnel it represents.
Director of Development
Feb 2019 – Dec 2020GrizzHacks
- Led the largest student-body organization budget at Oakland University.
- Secured $25,000+ in sponsorship for GrizzHacks 4 and $5,000+ for MLH Local Hack Days.
- Rebuilt the hackathon websites and led front-end development on the web application.
High School Coed Soccer Coach
Sep 2019 – Jun 2020Rochester Soccer Club
- Mentored 23 players, instilling dedication, leadership, and a sense of community.
- Led the squad to 46 goals scored across two seasons in SE Michigan.
Foundations
Education & certifications
B.S. in IT Project Management
Expected Jun 2027 · In ProgressOakland University
118 credits · Specialization in Project Management · Research: Exploit Development. Completed while working full-time.
CS50: Introduction to Cybersecurity
2026Harvard University
Completed Harvard’s CS50 Cybersecurity course.
Strategic Applications of IT Project & Program Management
2024University of Washington
Executive program in IT project and program management.
A.A.S. Arts & Sciences
2016 – 2018Oakland Community College
54 credits · Political Science & Government.
Key Certifications · 2023–2026
- Cloud Security & Audit Fundamentals (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Jamf Pro Certified Tech
- NOAH Support Engineer (HIMSA)
- Cyber Incident Response Certified (InfoSec)
- NIST Risk Management Framework
- Google Cloud Digital Leader
- CS50: Cybersecurity (Harvard)
- Strategic Applications of IT Project & Program Management (UW)
- New Manager’s Toolkit (Indiana University — Kelley School of Business)
- Life Coach (Transformation Academy)
In their words
Recommendations
Jasvant really walks the walk as a professional dedicated to elite customer service. In a space often occupied by people unable to explain complexity or who are dismissive, Jasvant has always valued being the complete opposite — and it shows in everything he does. I am glad for anyone lucky enough to benefit from his talents.
Tiffany Calverley
Director of Development, Social Sciences @ University of Washington
LinkedInThere isn’t an IT challenge Jasvant can’t tackle! Every support ticket I submitted was handled with grace, efficiency, and a touch of humor. Even when the issue was user error on my end, I never felt belittled. Thank you, Jasvant, for being a true people-first leader.
Kate Cescon
Associate Director, Industry Capstone Program @ University of Washington
LinkedInHe is both an exceptionally skilled IT professional and a genuinely wonderful colleague. His technical knowledge is deep and reliable, but what truly sets him apart is how approachable, patient, and generous he is with that expertise. Any organization would be fortunate to work with him.
Kevin P. Thompson
Associate Dean for Advancement @ University of Washington
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