About Patrick Gorden

18 years of IT experience. Monroe, OH. Your guy for churches and small businesses.

Patrick and Sarah Gorden

Family & Roots

Hi, I'm Patrick.

I'm Patrick Gorden, founder of White Collar Woodsmen. My journey started in 2015, just after marrying my amazing wife, Sarah. Back then, White Collar Woodsmen was actually a beard oil and grooming brand — we traveled together selling at vendor shows while raising our kids, Isla and Declan. When Declan came along, the trade show grind became a lot to manage, so in 2022 we passed that business to a family friend and closed that chapter.

Family is at the heart of everything I do. The support, laughter, and energy Sarah and the kids bring remind me daily why I work the way I do — building a business that's both professionally excellent and leaves room for real life.

February 2024 — our church's busted HVAC valve, doing its best impression of a sprinkler system.

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The Turning Point

When It Literally Rained on Our IT Equipment

In February 2024, a busted HVAC valve at our church turned into a full-on indoor rainstorm — directly onto the IT equipment. Networking gear, TVs, battery backups — most of it was destroyed. Not great.

But what started as a disaster became an opportunity to build something better. I stepped in to lead the rebuild from scratch: new networking infrastructure, proper redundancy, security baked in from the start, and a system designed to scale. The kind of setup they should have had all along.

That experience crystallized something for me. Churches — and most small organizations — don't have IT problems because they don't care. They have IT problems because nobody ever sat down with them and built things right. That's the gap White Collar Woodsmen exists to close.

Patrick Gorden pheasant hunting

Outside the Office

White Collar by Day. Woodsmen by Choice.

The name White Collar Woodsmen is a deliberate reflection of who I am outside the server room. I'm a person of faith, a hunter, and someone who genuinely needs time in the woods to function well. Pheasant season, fishing, exploring parks with the family — that's not the break from work, that's the point of the work.

I built this business to be low-friction and scalable precisely so it supports that life. When your IT runs on automated patching, solid networking, and remote management tools that don't need constant babysitting — everybody wins. You get reliable technology. I get to be in the field when the season opens.

If you want an IT consultant who brings both technical depth and a grounded, no-nonsense perspective — I'd love to be your guy.

Credentials & Expertise

What I Bring to the Table

My Approach

Technology That Works for You

Too many IT setups are clever solutions in search of a problem. I build things appropriate to your actual situation — your budget, your staff's comfort level, your realistic growth path. I'm not going to upsell you on complexity you don't need.

My preferred platforms — Ubiquiti, Synology, Action1, Microsoft 365 — are industry-proven, well-supported, and designed to run without constant hand-holding. Once things are set up correctly, they stay working. And when something does go sideways, I'm reachable.

For churches especially: I know you're running volunteer staff, a tight budget, and a Sunday deadline that never moves. I explain things plainly, build systems your team can actually manage, and don't waste your time or money.

Ready to Work Together?

A free consultation is a conversation — no commitments, no pressure. Let's figure out what your technology actually needs.

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