After two decades building and running broadcast and network infrastructure, I'm at home in systems where downtime isn't an option and there's no maintenance window to hide in. I still do it every day. But the problems I pick up on my own time keep pulling toward IT and cloud infrastructure, and that's where I'd like to take things next. If you're working on something hard, let's talk.
Broadcast was the proving ground. The instincts — keep it up, stay calm, learn the new thing fast — come with me to whatever you're running.
Twenty years keeping critical systems alive. That instinct comes with me — whatever you put me on, uptime is the floor.
When something goes sideways, I get calm, find it fast, and fix it. Two decades of live, real-time work builds that.
Deep IP networking across Cisco, Arista, and Fortinet — the fundamentals that hold any network together. Vendors change; the core skill travels.
I've led migrations to cloud-first workflows with hybrid disaster recovery, and I run on-prem every day. Wherever your stack lives, I'm at home.
I tinker with things that already work, just to see if they can run better — that's where most of what I know came from. So when work doesn't hand me a new problem, I build my own: a retirement-planning app with Monte Carlo simulation, a job-search tool that scrapes ATS APIs, a few internal tools that started as me scratching an itch.
I taught myself whatever each one needed. Once I've got my teeth into something, I have to crack it open — it's not discipline, it's just how I'm built. Give me a domain I don't know yet and I'll worry it like a loose tooth until it gives. That instinct is my biggest asset, and it's exactly why I'm looking for something harder to chew on.
I love making and fixing things with my hands.
Mostly all home repairs, the family cars, a desk for my wife, furniture that needs refinishing, a lawn I'm a little too into. Give me a free weekend and a project and I'm a happy man.
I'd like to hear what you're building. If your systems have to hold and you want someone who's spent twenty years making sure they do, reach out — let's talk it through and see if it's a fit.
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