# Chris Van Vladricken

> Chris Van Vladricken is the founder and CEO of ScalableOS, which builds dedicated offshore teams for U.S. businesses, including managed service providers and tax and accounting firms. His career includes help desk work and IT leadership at AMMEX, and Philippine offshoring experience dating to around 2005. Based in Issaquah, Washington, he advocates a branch-office approach built around client-specific recruitment, local employment support and including offshore hires in the client’s working life. ScalableOS ranked No. 192 on the 2025 Inc. 5000.

- **Role:** Founder and Chief Executive Officer at ScalableOS
- **Organizations:** ScalableOS, AMMEX Corporation, iSupport Worldwide, Entrepreneurs’ Organization Seattle
- **Education:** Stagen Leadership Academy, Pierce College at Puyallup, Microskills, South Puget Sound Community College
- **Known for:** Founded ScalableOS in 2020., Led ScalableOS to No. 192 on the 2025 Inc. 5000., Progressed from help desk work to CIO at AMMEX.

## Career timeline

- **2002-2008** — Worked as Senior System Administrator at AMMEX Corporation, according to the SignalHire career listing; he independently described beginning at AMMEX on the help desk.
- **circa 2005** — Began working in the Philippines, as he recalled in his 2025 Outsource Accelerator interview.
- **2006** — Launched his first site in the Philippines, according to his ScalableOS biography.
- **2008-2011** — Director of Information Technology at AMMEX Corporation; the title is independently confirmed by a February 2010 Vidyo deployment announcement.
- **2011-2018** — CIO at AMMEX Corporation, with dates reported by SignalHire and the CIO title confirmed in AMMEX’s 2017 company profile.
- **2015-2020** — CEO and co-founder of iSupport Worldwide, according to SignalHire. BBB also lists him as a member of the business.
- **2020** — Founded ScalableOS; the year is corroborated by Inc. and the Outsource Accelerator interview.
- **2025** — Led ScalableOS when it ranked No. 192 on the Inc. 5000.
- **2026** — Continued publishing articles under his byline about MSP delivery and offshore technical talent.

## Achievements

- Founded ScalableOS in 2020.
- Led ScalableOS to No. 192 on the 2025 Inc. 5000.
- Progressed from help desk work to CIO at AMMEX.
- Launched a Philippine site in 2006.
- As AMMEX IT director, participated in the Vidyo deployment whose 2010 announcement reported a 32% reduction in travel and time expenses.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — A September 17 article under his byline discusses how growing MSPs can expand delivery with offshore IT staffing.
- **2026-08** — An August 11 article under his byline discusses MSP industry trends and distinguishes ScalableOS’s talent-partner role from providing managed IT services directly.
- **2025-10** — Appeared on Outsource Accelerator episode 560, published October 16, discussing execution, dedicated teams and client integration.

## Links

- Website: https://scalableos.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-v-b7b47b8/

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Last updated: 2026-10-23