Experience
i've been around the block just a bit, so here's around about what i've been up to!
May 2026 - Present
Systems Administrator
BioV8
- Managed stability and security across a hybrid Linux/Windows environment, serving as primary technical escalation point for all third-party vendors.
- Acted as liaison between internal engineering teams and external software/hardware providers—translating complex system requirements into actionable vendor deliverables and ensuring seamless cross-platform interoperability.
- Architected and deployed a full remote desktop suite for employees—provisioning Proxmox hosts, configuring a pfSense firewall, and standing up 10 isolated Windows machines—while serving as ongoing escalation point for end-user support.
- Leveraged Cloudflare Workers, D1, and R2 to optimize system performance, enhance edge storage, and improve application delivery.
April 2026 - Present
Project Lead
Project7825
- Own strategic direction and financial management for the initiative, including budget allocation and resource planning.
- Lead onboarding and integration of new servers into the network, ensuring compatibility and minimal disruption to existing infrastructure.
- Drive end-to-end project management, defining milestones, tracking progress, and keeping cross-functional deliverables on schedule.
- Serve as primary decision-maker, balancing technical, operational, and financial considerations to guide project outcomes.
September 2026 - Present
Project Lead
Keystone Industries
- Support project decomposition, breaking larger initiatives into smaller, manageable tasks and milestones.
- Contribute to software development, building and maintaining internal applications and tooling.
- Assist with systems administration, supporting day-to-day infrastructure operations and maintenance.
May 2026 - September 2026
Co-Founder & Secretary
Respawn Interactive Inc.
- Founded and managed daily operations of a growing interactive technology company, overseeing all administrative, financial, and strategic functions.
- Managed corporate finances—budgeting, expense tracking, and financial reporting—to maintain fiscal health and support data-driven decisions.
- Led project management, coordinating timelines, resources, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure on-time delivery of key initiatives.
- Developed and implemented internal processes and documentation systems to improve operational efficiency and organizational transparency.
- Served as central point of communication between stakeholders, driving alignment and maintaining a clear record of decisions and progress.
- Documented and distributed comprehensive meeting minutes, ensuring clear action items and accountability across all teams.
December 2024 - March 2025
Lead Developer
MineStudio
- Led development of microservice-based applications using Node.js, designing and building REST APIs to support scalable, service-oriented architecture.
- Architected and deployed containerized workloads with Docker and K3s, managing orchestration, scaling, and rollout of services across environments.
- Drove technical direction and code quality, setting engineering standards, reviewing work, and mentoring developers across the team.
- Owned end-to-end service delivery, from API design and implementation through deployment, monitoring, and production support.
- Collaborated cross-functionally to translate requirements into well-scoped, shippable microservices.
September 2024 - January 2025
Systems Administrator
CloudyNodes
- Administered Linux servers across a multi-tenant hosting environment, managing provisioning, configuration, patching, and lifecycle maintenance.
- Maintained high availability and uptime for customer-facing infrastructure, monitoring systems and responding to incidents to minimize service disruption.
- Managed web, database, and mail services (e.g., Apache/Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB) supporting hosted customer workloads.
- Implemented backup, recovery, and disaster-recovery procedures to protect customer data and ensure business continuity.
- Handled networking and security, including firewalls, DNS, SSL/TLS certificates, and access controls across shared and dedicated environments.
- Provided customer-facing technical support, troubleshooting escalated issues and resolving tickets within SLA.
December 2023 - March 2024
Systems Administrator
OdysseyNodes LLC
- Administered Linux servers hosting Minecraft game instances, managing provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle maintenance across a multi-tenant environment.
- Maintained high uptime and performance for customer game servers, monitoring tick rate, TPS, and resource usage to prevent lag and service disruption.
- Deployed and managed game control panels (e.g., Pterodactyl, Multicraft) for automated server provisioning, modpack installation, and customer self-service.
- Implemented DDoS mitigation and network security, protecting game servers from attacks and ensuring stable connectivity for players.
- Managed backups, migrations, and version upgrades for customer worlds and modpacks, safeguarding player data.
- Provided customer-facing technical support, troubleshooting escalated issues—plugin conflicts, performance tuning, connectivity—within SLA.
November 2022 - January 2023
Systems Administrator
OrbitNode LLC
- Operated and maintained Linux infrastructure powering Minecraft game servers, handling deployment, configuration, and ongoing maintenance in a shared hosting environment.
- Safeguarded uptime and server performance, proactively monitoring TPS, tick rate, and system resources to keep customer worlds running smoothly and lag-free.
- Built and managed game panel tooling (e.g., Pterodactyl, Multicraft) to automate server spin-up, modpack deployment, and customer self-service management.
- Hardened infrastructure against DDoS and network threats, keeping game servers online and players reliably connected under attack.
- Executed backups, migrations, and version upgrades across customer worlds and modpacks, preserving irreplaceable player data.
- Resolved escalated customer issues—plugin conflicts, performance tuning, connectivity problems—delivering responsive support within SLA.