Who I Am

I didn’t exactly take the straight path into the tech world.

About 10 years ago I landed at Cisco TAC as a fresh architecture-major dropout with more curiosity than direction. I learned fast, mostly because I had to - supporting enterprise issues don’t care what you meant to study. That role taught me how people actually run companies, what breaks under pressure, and how much calm problem-solving matters when everyone’s watching the clock.

From there I kept chasing bigger challenges: design work, support, and the messy reality of keeping multi-vendor environments running. Over time my focus naturally shifted toward infrastructure and security, not because it was trendy, but because security is where “small details” stop being small.

I’m also a bit addicted to making things simpler than they have to be.

I’ve had opportunities to share what I’ve learned, mentor people who are early in their journey, and I still enjoy that more than I expected. I remember what it’s like to be the new person, trying to connect the dots, so I try to be the kind of help I would’ve wanted back then.

This site is just an extension of that.

Outside of IT

I’m obsessed with live music. When I’m not staring at a laptop, I’m usually playing or recording music with friends.