Research and development of custom computer systems with a focus on fanless and quiet cooling. From concept all the way to finished product.Working with factories around the world to get specialized hardware manufactured.Build, manage and maintain all company internal IT infrastructure.Full stack development (Linux, FreeBSD)Understanding of virtualization (KVM, vmware ESXi)Front end web development and JavaScript (twitter bootstrap, jquery)Custom Drupal and Wordpress modules and themes (php)Extensive knowledge of static website generators (jekyll, hugo)Project management, branching and version control (git) Automated deployment, maintenance, and configuration management (ansible)

Manage IT needs for a network of local restaurants and offices.

Deciding to work a little closer to home I took a job at a local pc shop diagnosing sick computers and building PCs for individual customers. There was the occasional bulk order like a school computer lab but mostly I was building custom computers specific to an individual customer's needs. I became highly interested in programming as it applies to deployment automation. In my free time I compiled all my old DOS and OPK boot disks into a huge archive of different programs to save time and also to get rid of the huge box of floppies that had been following me around. I then moved into writing custom deployment software for Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment). In hindsight, I think I became obsessed with removing unnecessary user input prompts, a condition that persists to this day.

The company changed ownership and I was promoted to be in charge of all system builds. I independently developed a system for automated stress testing, dramatically reducing offsite part failures. I also fine tuned a set of comprehensive quality control procedures, making sure all systems were up to par. Ever install Windows 98 so many times that you actually memorized a test product key? Well i have, and i can still recite it! Not sure why that would ever be necessary, but if so, i'm ready!

I worked assembling home PCs in bulk. Also some sorting inventory, managing stock and basic troubleshooting. Mostly Socket 7 (Pentium MMX) on Windows 95 (OSR 2). USB!?! What is this magic!?! It will never replace the serial port! 3F8 IRQ 4 4-eva!