About Us

Strategic Solutions delivers high-touch, value-rich technology services and is laser focused on helping companies successfully drive their businesses.

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Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Strategic does whatever it takes to serve and satisfy clients who demand high-performance results from their technology investments.

With unparalleled expertise and credentials in healthcare, as well as legal, finance, and other industries, Strategic is the most experienced, locally-based provider of IT Consulting, Technology Delivery, and Managed Services in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Our Mission Statement

Strategic is inspired to do whatever it takes to

01 Deliver strategic value and solve problems

Deliver strategic value and solve problems for our clients through high-touch, high-quality technology services.

02 Empower our expert employees

Empower our expert employees to do the best possible job for clients and to find fulfillment and growth in their profession.

03 Build a stronger local community

Build a stronger local community by giving back to the people and causes important to our employees and clients

Our Vision Statement

Strategic is recognized as the gold standard for client
care, premium technology services, and employee
empowerment in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Our Core
Values

We listen for the purpose of true Understanding.

We Strongly believe (and expect) that everyone is a leader.

Our entire team is highly engaged in our culture and the business of our customer

Our Partners, Certifications and Affiliations

Leadership

Strategic Solutions is led by a team of client-focused, technical executives with a passion for helping clients successfully leverage technology to grow their businesses.

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Jay Strickland

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

As co-founder and CEO of Strategic, Jay Strickland has been focused on leveraging his deep leadership, healthcare and technology skills to assist Strategic’s clients with realizing the full business value of their technology investments.

Jay’s career spans 25 years of consistent, demonstrated leadership in building teams to structure, implement and manage the operations of information systems in the business and healthcare settings. His former clients and employers include Capital One, Philip Morris, the Virginia Department of Health, and numerous other healthcare organizations.

Jay is a former chairman of the board of the Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad and a commander with the Metro 11 Disaster Task Force for the Virginia Department of Health. He is a member of the Richmond and Virginia MGMA groups and the Greater Richmond Technology Council.

Jay completed the extensive requirements for the Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) designation from Cisco Systems. He attended the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University.

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F. William Lopez

Chief Operations Officer & Co-Founder

As a co-founder of Strategic, Bill Lopez is responsible for helping businesses and healthcare practices evaluate, plan, develop, and improve business processes and systems to ensure they appropriately support business goals and improve productivity.

Bill is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of demonstrated performance in planning and implementing business systems in a wide range of industries including professional services manufacturing, information technology, telecommunications, and healthcare. His expertise includes comprehensive development experience with multiple software and hardware platforms. He is also experienced in project management, project performance enhancement and issue

resolution, business process improvement, compressed voice, video, and data collaboration, ROI analysis of projects and systems and information security.

Prior to co-founding Strategic Solutions in 2001, Bill held various systems engineering, systems analysis and technical positions with several departments within the Commonwealth of Virginia , as well as national and international companies including Philip Morris, Capital One, and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.

He is a member of the Richmond Medical Group Managers Association, the Society of Cable Television Engineers, and the Greater Richmond Technology Council. He is a former member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers.

Bill has attained numerous professional designations and certifications to include: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) PMG Network Architect Certification, and PMG Cross-Technology Certification from Pine Mountain Group. He attended the University of Richmond, where he excelled in E-Commerce and Information Technology Systems.

“Jason figured out the problem and also showed me the Outlook program so I can stop using it via the web. Awesome. :)”

Katherine KVirginia Physicians for Women

It's always a pleasure speaking with Chris D as he's willing to help and reach out to others when needed. I've had to call SSVA 8+ times in...

Krista PMecklenburg Radiology Associates

Investigated quickly and resolved the situation within a few minutes to avoid a potential spam risk for all staff emails....which it was not...

Leah BCommonwealth Primary Care, Inc.

OUTSTANDING help installing device DTM software & explaining how to see new DTM after install

Jose LChalmers & Kubeck South
Community

How We Help

At Strategic, we are passionate about the fact that our clients are our neighbors and if they succeed, we succeed. We are committed to helping causes that are near and dear to the hearts’ of our employees, clients, neighbors, and the greater Richmond community.