Systems & Network Infrastructure Manager · AI Solutions

I build real systems — grounded in how they actually work.

Infrastructure and operations pro with 20+ years running enterprise systems, cloud, and networks — now using AI as a force multiplier. Working, secure, maintainable systems — not disposable generated code.

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19brand sites migrated off WordPress to an own-the-stack platform
~$67k/yridle AWS waste surfaced by a read-only auditor
self-runinfra I operate — VPS, Caddy, Tailscale

How I build

I build software 100% AI-assisted — the value is the judgment behind it. I own the architecture, constraints, security, and validation, and direct the AI to build to them — catching what's wrong and standing behind the result in production. AI accelerates the work; accountability stays with me. Same discipline across cloud cost, infrastructure, and systems administration.

Toolbox

AWS Bedrock (Claude) Rekognition · Textract · Comprehend Lambda · DynamoDB · S3 · CloudFront CloudFormation (IaC) Azure · Entra ID VMware vSphere / ESXi Cisco & Fortinet networking Windows Server · Active Directory Linux (Ubuntu / CentOS) Microsoft 365 · Exchange Security · MFA · disaster recovery AI-assisted dev (Cursor)

Case studies

Case study screenshot: one static platform, many brands
Platform migration · Lead

WordPress → static, own-the-stack

19 brand sites · a few $/mo to run · zero servers to patch

Led the replacement of a 19-brand mortgage WordPress multisite with a Next.js static platform on S3 + CloudFront — per-domain host routing, content-as-JSON edited by trained staff, lead forms on Lambda + DynamoDB. Every resource is Infrastructure-as-Code (CloudFormation), so test and prod deploy from the same templates. The payoff: a stack you fully own that runs for a few dollars a month instead of servers + plugins to patch — cheap, fast, nothing to hack.

Next.jsS3 / CloudFrontLambda / DynamoDBCloudFormation (IaC)own-the-stack

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Case study screenshot: AWS cost and security auditor
Tooling · Solo

AWS cost + security auditor

~$67k/yr waste surfaced · read-only · ~$2/mo to run

A read-only sweeper (IaC, ~$2/mo) that inventories an AWS account, prices idle waste (~$67k/yr reclaimable found), and flags live security exposure — world-open security groups, public databases, IAM gaps — cross-checked against AWS Security Hub.

NodeAWS APIsSecurity Hubleast-privilege IAM

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Product · For fun

Self-contained web apps

Small, single-file apps that run entirely on-device — a weekly meal planner, a cocktail app, a movie tracker, and a full BBQ cook journal. Zero backend, add-to-home-screen ready. Proof I can take an idea to a working thing quickly.

Vanilla JSlocalStoragePWA-ish

Try Forkcast → Try BarKeep → Try Cook Log →

AI content pipeline · Solo

Home Buying, Decoded — idea to storefront

Built an entire first-time-homebuyer education brand end to end with an AI content pipeline: a 10-episode narrated podcast (AI voice), a 46-page companion ebook shipped as both PDF and reflowable EPUB, generated cover art, and a live Gumroad storefront — scripted, fact-checked across multiple review passes, typeset, and published for sale. From blank page to a product on the shelf in a day.

ElevenLabs TTSheadless-render PDF/EPUBGumroadcontent pipeline

Listen free → Get the guide →

Ops · Ongoing

Self-hosted infrastructure

This very site runs on an Ubuntu VPS I administer — Caddy for automatic HTTPS, several sites side by side, and SSH locked to a private Tailscale network so it's never exposed to the public internet. I run the stack, not just deploy to someone else's.

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Toolbox

AWS: S3 · CloudFront · Lambda · DynamoDB · IAM · CloudFormation Static web (Next.js, vanilla) WordPress Security hardening Cloud cost / FinOps Systems administration Own-the-stack architecture AI-augmented development Linux / self-hosting Tailscale / private networking

Background

AWS Certified — Solutions Architect · Developer · SysOps Administrator (earned 2018, now lapsed). The certifications expired; the fundamentals didn't — I keep them current through hands-on work rather than recertifying. The live demos above are the proof.

Off the clock

Curiosity doesn't clock out. When I'm not building infrastructure, I'm running a smoker in the backyard — chasing brisket bark and occasionally cremating a perfectly good steak. That hobby turned into a build: Pit, a little app that keeps my gear straight and puts an AI "pitmaster advisory board" — grounded in each unit's actual manual — one tap away.  More about me →
Personal build · from the backyard

Pit — know your gear, ask the pitmasters

My BBQ rigs in one place with live warranty status, plus an advisory board that answers from each unit's real manual. The idea: own your data, and let AI answer from it.

RAGvanilla JSself-hosted

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Personal build · cook journal

Cook Log — learn from every fire

A private-by-design BBQ journal for planning cooks, comparing two cookers, tracking a live timeline, scoring results, and exporting complete backups. The app runs entirely in the browser, so the cook data stays on the device.

vanilla JSlocalStorageoffline-firstdata export

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Contact

Building something, hiring, or just want to talk shop? The fastest way to reach me is email — or connect on LinkedIn.

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