Noam Birnbaum is the Founder and CEO of Ignition IT, a managed IT and cybersecurity firm he founded in San Francisco in 1998. Over the past three decades, Ignition has served more than 500 companies — from seed-stage startups to Fortune 500 clients — making it one of the oldest and most established Apple-specialist IT firms in the world.
Before founding Ignition, Birnbaum built his career inside the IT teams of Fortune 500 companies, major universities, and small businesses, starting his first consultancy, MacCentric Solutions, at age 23. He holds two master’s degrees and studied at Oberlin College.
Today, he focuses on managed IT, cybersecurity, SOC 2 compliance, mobile device management, and helping venture-backed companies scale their IT infrastructure without the overhead of an in-house team. He has spent more than three decades responding to cyber incidents — from the Blaster and MyDoom worms to modern ransomware and breach response — and regularly advises media on topics including small business cybersecurity, remote workforce security, MDM strategy, and IT for startups.
Birnbaum has served on the Board of Directors of Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland and the Entrepreneurs Organization.
