After two decades building and running broadcast and network infrastructure, I'm at home in systems where downtime isn't an option — and I get there by teaching myself whatever the system in front of me demands. 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.
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 work 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.
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 don't wait to be trained on something new — I pick it up on my own, on the clock or off. Node.js, Docker, cloud migration, SQL: none of it came from a course. It came from a problem that needed solving.
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 — and who'll teach himself whatever's needed to make sure the next ones do too — reach out. Let's talk it through and see if it's a fit.
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