Executive Officers

Briggs founded AIT in 1996, and through his strategic vision and focus on customer service, the company has gone from a garage startup to one of the world's largest privately held hosting providers. AIT has achieved 12 straight years of profitability as a two-time INC 500 company & three-time Deloitte & Touche award winner with no outside funding under Briggs. He is the recipient of several local and national awards for economic achievement as an entrepreneur to include Entrepreneur of the Year for the state of North Carolina. He has served for several years on the Board of Directors for the Reeves School of Business and is a member of Board of Trustees for the FTC College Foundation. He is a member of the Fayetteville Area Economic Development Corporation and the Chamber of Commerce. For several years, Briggs was on the board of the Fayetteville Partnership, a community economic development agency. Prior to starting AIT, Briggs served as an infantry officer in the United States Army for 12 years, reaching the rank of major. His military service includes duty with the 82nd Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division as a company commander, and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. He is a two time combat veteran of Operation Just Cause in Panama and Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf. Briggs graduated with honors from the University of Nebraska/Lincoln. He later earned an M.A. in Strategic Studies and Public Policy Analysis from The Ohio State University and was also named the Distinguished Military Graduate. He has published several articles and a book on his Army experience in Panama. Briggs began his entrepreneurial sojourn as a 12 year old boy raising chickens and working on the commercial fishing docks at the Port of Galilee, Rhode Island. Recently, he founded tyBit, a client-side search engine which he believes represents the future of Internet Search and Online Communities. He speaks Mandarin Chinese and Spanish, and holds a secret security clearance. Hobbies include coaching wrestling, boy scouts, outdoor activities, and online gaming.

Daniel Parker
VP Sales & Marketing
cmo@ait.com