Asheville, NC · Local & remote projects

Technical problems.
Practical solutions.

I help small and mid-sized businesses strengthen their IT systems, address security gaps, and automate time-consuming work. Independent, project-based engineering—without another full-time hire.

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Focus
Systems · Security · Automation
Education
Dual degree · May 2026
Engagements
Projects · Contract work
practice-overview VERIFY THE RESULT
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Remediate and validate endpoint state

02

Observe production infrastructure

03

Automate with reviewable evidence

Systems EngineeringInfrastructureCybersecurityLocal AIAutomationDigital Forensics

Independent technical services

What needs to
work better?

Practical help for the systems your business relies on. Start with the problem; follow the evidence to see how I work.

01

IT Infrastructure & Systems

Your environment has outgrown the way it was set up.

Scope & evidence ↗02

Cybersecurity & Vulnerability Remediation

The same vulnerabilities keep appearing, even after patching.

Scope & evidence ↗03

Monitoring & Infrastructure Visibility

You hear about failures from users before your monitoring tells you.

Scope & evidence ↗04

Automation & Custom Business Tools

Your team copies the same information between systems every day.

Scope & evidence ↗05

AI & Local AI Solutions

You have a useful AI idea, but need to know if it will work safely.

Scope & evidence ↗06

Technical Projects & Troubleshooting

A persistent technical problem does not fit the usual support script.

Scope & evidence ↗

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Career trajectory

From fixing devices to designing systems.

Concurrent professional roles connect hands-on endpoint diagnostics with production systems administration, vulnerability remediation, and monitoring.

This is employment experience, separate from my independent services. Employer customers are not represented as my independent clients, and no employer affiliation or endorsement of these services is implied.

  1. Jun 2026–present

    Systems Engineer · SDNetworks

    Qualys patch remediation, PRTG monitoring review, Windows endpoints and servers, domain environments, VMware, remote access, and repeatable deployment procedures.

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  2. May 2026–present

    IT Solutions Specialist · Biltmore Computers

    Windows and macOS troubleshooting, storage diagnostics, disk cloning, data migration, BitLocker recovery scenarios, boot repair, malware cleanup, component validation, and clear customer communication. I investigate storage, drivers, encryption, and application requirements before recommending recovery or redeployment.

  3. 2026 graduate

    Cybersecurity + Information Systems

    B.S. Cybersecurity and B.S.B.A. Computer Information Systems, with a minor in Accounting, from Appalachian State University.

  4. Engineering practice

    Infrastructure & automation beyond work

    A persistent homelab, Hermes knowledge workflows, Herdr agent orchestration, and native macOS tools provide a place to build, test, and document systems.

2

distinct bachelor’s degrees

3.7

cumulative GPA

May ’26

Appalachian State graduate

Technical systems knowledge + cybersecurity + business understanding + practical problem-solving.

Beyond professional operations

Software & earlier investigations.

Native applications, recoverable processing pipelines, and diagnostic methods complement my professional infrastructure work.

Personal software · Custom business tools

1099 Tax Planner

A self-hosted application that brings contractor income, expenses, estimated tax obligations, recorded payments, and projected net earnings into one workflow. A practical example of turning a business problem into purpose-built software.

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React / TypeScriptNode / ExpressPostgreSQL / PrismaPlanning estimates, not tax advice

Native macOS · Multi-agent AI

Orchestra

A native macOS orchestration platform for autonomous coding and research workflows. Orchestra routes work across multiple local LLMs and persistent specialized agents, pairing local tool use, computer-use automation, OpenCode integration, and resource-aware parallel inference with durable missions and reviewable handoffs.

Route→Direct→Code→Review
Orchestra Agent Crew view showing five named local agents bound to models and a Route to Director to Coder to Reviewer pipeline.
Agent Crew Durable handoffs, local model binding, and resource-safe parallel work.
Local LLMsModel routingComputer useOpenCodePersistent agents · durable missions

Local AI · Batch processing

Local AI Video Processing System

A resumable pipeline for transcription, frame analysis, and title generation across macOS and Windows. It treats malformed JSON, empty model responses, large files, and partial runs as engineering conditions—not surprises.

Input→FFmpeg→Whisper→Local LLM→Validated output
WhisperFFmpegLM StudioJSONBuilt for recoverable unattended runs

Forensics · Root-cause analysis

Digital Forensics & Advanced Troubleshooting

Evidence-led investigation using packet captures, event logs, reliability history, crash data, storage diagnostics, controlled tests, and hardware substitution.

Gather evidence, form hypotheses, isolate variables, test carefully, correlate results, and document the recovery path.
WiresharkEvent ViewerSMARTCrash dumpsGeneralized lab and professional methods

Software engineering · Native macOS

MemoryPilot

A native macOS control system that watches host memory, local AI growth, Parallels virtual machines, and responsiveness—then explains the current policy result before it takes a bounded action.

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MemoryPilot dashboard showing Host Memory Protection, automation modes, pressure history, system responsiveness, detected local AI workloads, and the next likely action.
Live product dashboard Automation mode, tracked-VM state, pressure history, local-model footprint, responsiveness, and the current deterministic policy outcome in one operating view.
01

The systems problem

Large local models and multiple virtual machines compete for the same unified memory. The useful answer is not a panic button—it is a measured, explainable way to recover headroom.

02

The safety boundary

Automation starts paused and observe-only. Every action is bounded, identity-checked against fresh discovery, and blocked when state is ambiguous. The app never exposes a generic power-command interface.

03

The operating view

The dashboard pairs the host signal with pressure history, responsiveness traces, detected local-model footprint, and the next likely policy outcome—so recommendations explain why they exist instead of appearing as a black box.

01MonitorMach metrics · swap · trends
02AnalyzePressure · activity · policy
03ExplainProposal · reason · safeguard
04Act safelyOpt-in · revalidate · audit
Swift 6SwiftUISwiftPMMach + sysctlParallels CLILocal JSONmacOS 14+

Infrastructure platform

A homelab built to be operated.

Not a shelf of hardware—a working environment for persistent services, recovery practice, security experiments, cross-platform integration, and ideas that need somewhere real to run.

Public-safe logical view. Internal addresses, identities, routes, and security rules are intentionally omitted.

Run

Persistent self-hosted services and automation

Recover

Backups, snapshots, failure analysis, and resilience practice

Observe

Availability, endpoint signals, and operational context

Learn

Infrastructure concepts beyond classroom labs

Hardware behind the work

Compute with a job to do.

Each system expands what I can build, test, or understand. The value is in the workload—not the spec sheet.

Primary macOS workstation

16-inch MacBook Pro

M4 Max 128 GB unified memory 8 TB

Large local models, native macOS development, transcription workloads, VMs, automation, and cross-platform testing.

Windows workstation

High-performance test platform

Core i7-14700K RTX 4080 16 GB 64 GB RAM

Windows diagnostics, GPU workloads, virtualization, driver analysis, AI experiments, and controlled performance testing.

Homelab compute + network

Always-on learning platform

2 compute nodes multi-gig network UPS-backed

Proxmox, containers, storage, monitoring, security services, remote access, backups, and public portfolio hosting.

Demonstrated skills

Capabilities in context.

Tools matter when they support a repeatable way of thinking: understand the system, control the risk, test the change, and leave useful documentation behind.

01

Software & automation

Swift, SwiftUI, Python, shell, REST APIs, JSON workflows, Git, Make.com

02

Systems & virtualization

Windows Server, Active Directory, VMware, macOS, Linux, Proxmox, Docker

03

Networking & security

Qualys Patch Management, PRTG, endpoint security, SSL/TLS, segmentation, secure remote access

04

Hardware & diagnostics

Component testing, SMART, migrations, refurbishment, WHEA and PCIe analysis

05

Local AI & processing

LM Studio, Codex, OpenCode, local/cloud routing, worktrees, independent verification

06

Forensics & evidence

Wireshark, tshark, NetworkMiner, Event Viewer, crash data, log correlation

07

Documentation & knowledge

Obsidian, runbooks, case studies, troubleshooting records, clear user communication

Where I’m headed

Systems that are secure, observable, and explainable.

I’m pursuing roles where deep troubleshooting, infrastructure understanding, security judgment, and pragmatic automation reinforce one another.

View experience & résumé
  • 01

    Cybersecurity analysis and security operations

  • 02

    Systems and infrastructure engineering

  • 03

    Microsoft 365 identity, access, and MS-102 preparation

  • 04

    Observability and secure, repeatable automation

  • 05

    Purpose-built software including MemoryPilot and local AI systems

Asheville · Western North Carolina · Remote

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