Eric Phelan is a Colorado-based information technology and security professional with more than 17 years of experience designing, installing, and auditing critical systems for businesses, schools, and local governments across the state. He is a cofounder and Chief Operations Officer of Code Red Audits, LLC, a small business that specializes in IT and security audits, network infrastructure, access control systems, security cameras, and safety consulting—work that has taken him into classrooms, city halls, rural facilities, and high-security environments throughout Colorado’s Fourth Congressional District.
Eric has lived in Colorado since 2007 and currently resides in Parker. His career has been grounded in hands-on service: managing IT teams, overseeing security installations, teaching in public schools, and working directly with local leaders to solve real problems under real constraints. Over the years, he has led operations for technical teams, managed budgets, and worked in environments requiring Secret clearance—experiences that shaped his belief that accountability, planning, and execution matter more than rhetoric.
Through his work, Eric has partnered with more than 60 school districts across Colorado and maintains close ties with dozens of towns and cities, many of them in rural communities. Much of his consulting work—particularly with schools—has gone uncompensated, driven by a belief that keeping students, educators, and communities safe is a responsibility, not just a contract. He has also worked alongside organizations that support veterans, including the American Legion, and understands the challenges faced by communities that are often overlooked by large, centralized policy decisions.
Eric earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado Boulder. He has trained extensively as an IT and security professional, holding industry certifications including CISSP and CompTIA credentials, and is certified to design and install a wide range of modern security systems. He stays current with emerging threats and vulnerabilities by closely following guidance from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
Despite a long-standing reluctance to enter politics, Eric decided to run for the United States House of Representatives because he believes dysfunction in Washington has reached a breaking point. Too often, political energy is spent on conflict that generates headlines but fails to improve the day-to-day lives of the people those leaders represent. Eric believes government should focus on practical outcomes: lowering the cost of living, reducing crime, strengthening education, easing unnecessary regulatory burdens, and eliminating wasteful spending that produces little public benefit.
His approach to governance is shaped by how he has run organizations in the real world. Eric believes every program should be accountable for results, every dollar should be traceable to an outcome, and every major initiative should include a cost analysis, a deployment plan, and a clear sunset clause. Spending more money without measurable improvement, in his view, is not progress—it is mismanagement.
Eric believes effective government requires cooperation and compromise, grounded in shared goals rather than rigid ideology. While he is willing to work with anyone to find common ground, he is firm on a few principles: protecting individual rights, pursuing economic stability for working Americans, and supporting policies that prevent harm and uphold basic human dignity. Within those boundaries, he believes collaboration consistently produces better outcomes than confrontation.
What Eric understands about Colorado’s Fourth District is simple: people want to live their lives, run their businesses, educate their children, and care for their communities without excessive interference from distant bureaucracy. Farmers, schools, cities, and small businesses don’t need more regulation—they need smart policy, strategic investment, and leaders who understand how decisions made in Washington play out on the ground.
Eric is not a career politician, and he does not come from wealth. He has worked long hours throughout his life—often 60 to 90 hours a week—and understands firsthand the pressures of rising costs, medical bills, and economic uncertainty. That lived experience informs his commitment to making government more efficient, more responsible, and more focused on results.
Outside of work, Eric enjoys hiking Colorado’s mountains, playing video games, going to Rockies games with friends, and tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. He shares his home with two energetic Alaskan Klee Kai dogs and remains deeply committed to the communities that have shaped his career and his values.
Eric Phelan is running for Congress to bring Accountability. Stability. Results. back to government—and to ensure Colorado’s Fourth District has serious, capable representation focused on solutions that work.