Rooted in systems.
Driven by people.
I'm an IT operations & systems engineer and former Director of IT, with experience across franchise technology, e-commerce, agile product management, support operations, Microsoft cloud environments, data and BI modernization, access and security management, and cross-functional transformation.
What I love most: using technology to improve real people's lives, simplify complexity, and help teams operate with clarity.
Beyond the day job, I build — enterprise dashboards, AI-powered tools, open-source agents, desktop applications, and accessible websites for local businesses. The grove doesn't just tend itself; it grows new trails.
- Based
- Bella Vista, AR
- Role
- IT Ops & Systems Engineer
- Focus
- Digital Transformation
“A grove grows because every tree has room, light, and roots in the same soil.”
Technology should feel like a trail,
not a maze.
The best systems create flow, visibility, accountability, and trust. My work is about helping teams move through complexity with confidence.
Clear the undergrowth
Remove what blocks people from doing their best work — noise, friction, dead processes.
Bridge the canopy
Connect tools, data, and teams so handoffs feel seamless and light reaches every layer.
Blaze the trail
Document, train, and make the way forward visible — so others can walk it without a guide.
Deepen the roots
Design for resilience — every system supports the next, and the grove holds through every storm.
What I bring to the grove.
Not a tool dump — grouped the way the systems are actually built. Every skill here has shipped real work, from multi-tenant platforms to open-source releases.
AI & Agent Systems
07- Multi-agent orchestration
- Tool / function calling
- RAG + knowledge graphs
- Evaluation harnesses & judge gates
- Human-in-the-loop approvals
- Local-first LLMs (Ollama, Whisper)
- Prompt engineering
Languages & Frameworks
07- Python (FastAPI, Pydantic)
- TypeScript / Node.js
- React
- SvelteKit
- HTMX
- SQL / DAX
- PowerShell / Bash
Cloud & Identity
06- Azure (App Service, Functions, Key Vault)
- AWS (Lambda, ECS Fargate, Athena)
- Entra ID multi-tenant
- Microsoft Graph
- OIDC workload identity (zero secrets)
- Bicep / Terraform
Data & BI
06- Power BI / Fabric (Direct Lake)
- Snowflake
- PostgreSQL
- SQL Server
- ETL pipeline design
- Row-level security
Quality & Delivery
06- GitHub Actions CI/CD
- Playwright E2E
- pytest / Vitest
- WCAG 2.2 AA (axe-core)
- STRIDE threat modeling
- FinOps / cost governance
Platform Integrations
08- Freshdesk
- Monday.com
- HubSpot
- FranConnect
- Mindbody / Zenoti
- BigCommerce / Shopify
- Ramp
- GitHub Enterprise