Platform engineer and AI systems builder. Fifteen-plus years at Vertex — Operations to Architect. I design self-service platforms that turn days of work into a drop-down, and stateful AI agents that do real things in real environments.
I climb the stack. I started in OnDemand Operations, moved through IT, became a Technical Account Manager, then ran the Tier III support tech team before stepping into consulting and finally Emerging Tech as an Architect. I've held the pager, owned the customer, run the team, and shipped the code.
The systems I'm proudest of share a pattern: they make decisions. A self-service environment platform that picks the right stack for what you asked for. A multi-agent home brain that knows the light is already on. A vision pipeline that classifies an object and calls a live tax engine. Less dashboards, more decisions.
Currently exploring my next chapter. If you're building platforms, AI systems, or the unglamorous infrastructure that makes either reliable — let's talk.
A mix of platform engineering, applied AI, and edge experiments — production-shaped on purpose.
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Prototyped multi-LLM and RAG chatbot patterns. Built the product data corpus that powered them. Oversaw external contractors building visualization tools for tax configuration content. Introduced n8n + MCP internally as a flexible, secure orchestration platform.
Led O Series environment automation on k3s, Longhorn, Python, and Node-RED — the foundation of the K3s Jukebox platform. Stood up HA Postgres clusters. Integrated AnythingLLM with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and Ollama. Designed the Jetson Nano visual checkout demo.
Owned the highest support tier Vertex offers. Managed FTE engineers and external contractors. Escalation lead for high-value clients across application, database, and network.
The full path. Started in OnDemand Operations running hosted O Series, moved through IT, became a Technical Account Manager, then ran the Tier III tech team. Every step technical; every step customer-facing.
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