Multi-disciplined generalist with 30 years of experience designing and integrating IT, telecommunications and audiovisual (AV) solutions.What I really do for a living is solve problems, little or big, with appropriate technical solutions. I believe that technology is in service to organizational goals and work flow, and not an end in itself and use that as a guiding principal in my design efforts.Over the course of my career I have had most of the roles in the AV/IT spectrum including customer/ end user, IT owner, integrator, designer, managed service provider, distributor, pre-sale specifier, executive, and now… I work for a manufacturer. Because of this extensive real world experience in every facet of the AV/IT lifecycle, I bring an almost unique perspective in the consequences, both intended and unintended of how product and project features are implemented.A (unpaid) side focus of my career has been creating and presenting technical education. I am a strong advocate of fundamental, theory based technical content rather than a product based curriculum. This allows for a lifelong ability for the student to adapt to inevitable changes in technology and a path to progressive growth.One of the reasons I spend so much time on education is my experience that the AV industry functions as a meritocracy, which allows a person, regardless of formal education and background to rise from any entry position in the industry to the highest levels based on interest, talent, self-education, and work ethic. I believe the world needs this kind of opportunities, which are becoming increasingly rare, and this is how I can facilitate them.Specialties: Solutions architecture, video transport over telecommunications networks, IT security accreditation and mitigation (especially US DoD), network protocols and standards, design for scalability, design for security, design for maintainability, technical documentation and whitepapers, technical education