Where Diversity Drives Business
ForceField is a Veteran Owned Small Business and certified MBE NMSDC, dedicated to diversity across all aspects of our organization. We understand the importance of inclusion, open-mindedness, and diversity in all business practices.
By recognizing and embracing the power of supplier diversity, we provide strategic value and create competitive opportunities that support business development and economic growth—for everyone.
For further details, please reach out to us at clientsupport@forcefieldllc.com.
Our Team
Winslow Garnier
President
Winslow Garnier is the President and Founder of Garnier Group and Associates, an equipment valuation firm specializing in high technology equipment to a global customer base. Winslow is also President of Forcefield, LLC an Information Technology Services Company. The Company provides IT hardware, software, installation, and support services to fortune 1000 Customers. Winslow has been Vice President in the financial services sector with GE Capital and Comdisco, Inc. He holds a degree in Electronics Technology and is a certified machinery and technology equipment appraiser. Winslow is a US Navy Veteran residing in Poway, CA a suburb of San Diego. He enjoys golf and is actively involved with Veterans and other charitable organizations.
Michelle Rauso
VP of Operations
As Vice President of Operations for ForceField, Michelle is responsible for customer and partner contracts and programs. She manages an expert team that combined, has more than 25 years of operations experience. Prior to joining Insight Investments, Red8 and ForceField, Michelle worked for an international technology company where she managed the equipment transportation logistics throughout Europe, Asia and Australia. In her spare time Michelle love to travel and learn new cultures.
Andre Swain
VP of Networking & Security
As Vice President of Networking & Security at ForceField, Andre leads the strategy, architecture, and execution of enterprise networking and security initiatives across complex, multi-site environments. Since joining in 2018, he has focused on designing resilient, scalable architectures that enable secure connectivity, operational performance, and business growth.
With more than 20 years of experience across manufacturing, legal services, and enterprise environments, Andre partners with CIOs and infrastructure leaders to modernize campus, data center, WAN, and hybrid networks while strengthening security through architecture-first design.
Prior to Red8, he served as CIO for a large Southeastern law firm, leading multi-state expansion and infrastructure modernization. Earlier in his career at Honda, he supported the launch of major North American manufacturing facilities and global network architecture initiatives.
Diversity Hiring
With heightened attention on social inequity comes a larger responsibility to the complexity issues surrounding it. Building a diverse, inclusive workforce is critical to attracting top talent and ensuring innovation, employee satisfaction, and retention. At ForceField, we are intentional in our hiring with the goal of building a team that accurately reflects the communities where we work. In addition, we are in the final stages of developing FACT (Forcefield Accelerated Career Track), our diversity hiring initiative. The objective of FACT is to recruit high potential candidates from the minority community that are at the early stages of their professional careers. After a comprehensive 12-month rotational program, learning about all aspects of a career, our FACT team member will work closely with leadership to determine position placement – with an emphasis on long-term career success and advancement.
