Bridging the Gap Between Complex IT Infrastructure and Clear Business Strategy.
Senior IT consultant, change agent, and former print journalist bringing senior-level leadership and executive-ready clarity to enterprise technology transitions
Strategic Technology Leadership
Guiding organizations through critical transitions, system modernizations, and long-term strategic IT roadmaps
System Stabilization
Diagnosing technical debt, mitigating operational risk, and modernizing legacy network and cloud architecture
Boardroom-Ready Clarity
Translating complex data, engineering requirements, and technical risk into transparent, actionable insights for stakeholders
A Communicator’s Eye for Detail. An Engineer’s Mind for Architecture
Technology achieves its highest purpose when it empowers people. My training in communications and organizational behavior taught me to cut through noise, ask the right questions, and find the core narrative. Today, I use that exact framework to audit complex IT environments, stabilize infrastructure, and build transparent, boardroom-ready alignment across engineering and executive teams alike
Insights, Perspective & Analysis
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Bringing my house into the future
When the floor refinishers came and took up the carpet and brought our upstairs hardwood floors back to life, they accidentally burned out my old 1990s alarm system. But I wasn’t mad — I’d been thinking about replacing it anyway. We haven’t had it monitored in awhile, but I liked having one. Even just to…
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Transparency
What do Police Departments and Public Schools have in common? In 2020 they’ve both been forced to reckon with situations that question their legitimate, organizational authority. One over perceived systemic racism and safety (Black Lives Matter) and the other over COVID-19: how to engage with stakeholders, how to share information, and (allegedly) safeguard the personal…
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“Reel Lessons” — The Right Tool for the job, and examples from the History of Technology
Not long ago, I bought myself a Scott’s reel push mower. I’ve always wanted one, and I found one for $20 at our Habitat for Humanity Re:Store. It looked new, but had zero grease in the gears and wasn’t properly set up. One side wasn’t tight enough to cut grass. Many people older than me…