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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The Post Office gets Smart
July 9, 2019 I’ve written a lot about my enthusiasm for smart homes. My two WiFi-enabled smart thermostats, the sensor that alerts me via App when my garage door goes up or down, etc. But the US Postal Service has an offering that makes one’s physical mail smart: their free Informed Delivery Service. In the…
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Under the Tulsan Sun
One of the things I harp on is that creativity and invention are, contrary to popular opinion, hardly ever the result of bolts out of the blue. Instead, they are a result of synthesis — reading, studying, or seeing things that later come back to you in new and different ways. Stand by for an…
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Happy (Step-Grand) Father’s Day
For Father’s Day weekend this year, I bring you a pic of my step-grandfather, Joe Duran. This is his certificate of naturalization in 1944 and recently found in a safe deposit box, along with his original birth certificate. He was brought from the Hacienda de Burras (more now known by the nearby San Jose de…