Career profile

Experience

More than 25 years of enterprise infrastructure experience combined with current software and systems engineering in Rust, Linux, AI, distributed systems, and application development.

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Systems & Infrastructure

Infrastructure Engineering

For Senior Systems Administrator, Systems Engineer, Linux Administrator, Infrastructure Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure, endpoint engineering, and platform operations roles.

  • 25+ years of enterprise systems administration
  • Windows and Linux infrastructure
  • VMware, storage, networking, and monitoring
  • Microsoft 365 and cloud migrations
  • Incident recovery and operational automation
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Software & Systems Engineering

Software Engineering

For Rust Engineer, Systems Software Engineer, Linux Software Engineer, Platform Engineer, distributed systems, database, desktop platform, and AI infrastructure roles.

  • Rust and Linux systems programming
  • Wayland compositor and desktop development
  • Vector database and distributed-system design
  • React, Node.js, C#, Go, and Python
  • Local AI, IPC, graphics, and systems integration
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Combined Profile

Systems engineer and software developer

Systems engineer and software developer with more than 25 years of experience designing, implementing, modernizing, and supporting enterprise Windows and Linux infrastructure. Experienced in virtualization, networking, storage, monitoring, systems integration, enterprise applications, incident recovery, automation, and custom software development.

Creator of FocalDesk, an open-source Wayland desktop environment written primarily in Rust, along with supporting projects involving vector search, local AI, desktop agents, web administration, IPC, graphics, and distributed-system architecture.

Technical Areas

Core expertise

Systems & Infrastructure

  • Linux and Windows Server
  • Active Directory and Microsoft 365
  • VMware ESXi and virtualization
  • Networking, VLANs, VPNs, DNS, and DHCP
  • Storage, monitoring, recovery, and migration

Software Engineering

  • Rust, C#, Go, Python, C, and C++
  • Wayland, Smithay, Vulkan (Ash), OpenGL ES, and Linux graphics
  • React, Node.js, IPC, and service architecture
  • Databases, vector search, and distributed systems
  • AI, machine learning, and local LLM integration

Professional experience

Career history

Independent Systems Software Engineer

Open-source systems development

2026–Present

  • Creator and lead developer of FocalDesk, FocalVector, and related open-source systems projects.
  • Built a working Rust and Wayland desktop environment spanning the compositor, shell, services, native applications, graphics, security boundaries, and permissioned AI.
  • Developed a durable Rust vector database with WAL-backed persistence, metadata filtering, HNSW search, sharding, and replication.
  • Designed systems around explicit service boundaries, failure recovery, observability, and real-world operation.

Account Coordinator

Acrisure

2024–2026

  • Supported Applied Epic and AMS360 workflows, policy servicing, carrier communication, documentation, and customer record maintenance.
  • Transitioned into the position following organizational restructuring after the infrastructure environment moved to centralized corporate systems.
  • Maintain an active Indiana Property and Casualty license.

Service Desk Specialist

Acrisure

2023–2024

  • Provided end-user support, incident resolution, access management, application troubleshooting, and ServiceNow documentation.
  • Supported users during the transition from locally managed infrastructure to centralized cloud and corporate services.

Systems Administrator

United Insurance Agencies / Acrisure

1998–2023

  • Administered enterprise Windows and Linux systems, virtualization, networking, storage, monitoring, telephony, security, business applications, and user endpoints.
  • Consolidated ten physical servers onto two VMware ESXi hosts and completed the production cutover in one day.
  • Managed enterprise PKI using Microsoft AD CS, including internal certificate issuance, endpoint certificate deployment, code signing, public certificate integration, and SSL/TLS inspection controls.
  • Recovered data and restored operations following simultaneous storage-drive and dual-controller failures.
  • Deployed OpenNMS with custom MIB monitoring for servers, storage, VoIP, VPNs, desktops, power, temperature, and humidity.
  • Designed network segmentation for storage, voice, printers, guests, desktops, and other service groups.
  • Built internal applications and integrations that reduced multi-hour operational processes to approximately 10–15 minutes.
  • Supported migration of file services to SharePoint and OneDrive, email archiving to Exchange Online, and the decommissioning of the remaining data-center infrastructure.

Education

Master of Science in AI Engineering (In Progress)

Quantic School of Business and Technology
Awarded two merit scholarships Started October 2026 · Expected graduation December 2027

Bachelor of Science

Computer Science
University of the People
Graduated April 2026

Credentials

Certifications

  • Certified Scrum Product Owner
  • Certified ScrumMaster
  • ICAgile Certified Professional
  • Lean Six Sigma White Belt
  • Kanban Foundation Certification
  • Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge
  • Certificate of Competence in Zero Trust
  • IBM AI Engineering Professional Certificate
  • IBM Data Science Professional Certificate
  • DeepLearning.AI TensorFlow Developer
  • Indiana Property & Casualty License