Software Automation & Integrations

With an extensive background in software engineering & consulting, I can offer more on-target, performance centric solutions to bridge your automation and integration gaps. I can provide special focus to the WISP industry as I have worked for a few and continue to work for one today with active roles in operations and engineering.

Whether you need basic API integration or a long-term vision for your operational growth with technology, I can help you. The key is having a well refined idea of the challenges you will want to solve over the long-term. I haven't had the opportunity to share a lot to this point in my career due to intellectual property, but you can check out my GitHub for a little taste. There will be more to come in the future as time permits.

Network Design & Management

Considering my background in both the WISP industry and previous data center roles supporting a diverse portfolio of network applications, I'm able to provide clean and simple networking solutions for small to medium-sized networks. Whether you just need a solution gap filled, or an entire network designed, I can scale my efforts to your needs.

I have reasonable experience in the operation of ISP WANs, which I have combined with my software-engineer like approach to organization to yield superior results that looms over my competition. Given that I come from an automation background, everything I do is built with consideration of automation in the future. This is one of many tactics I use to keep my solutions ready to morph and scale at a moment's notice.

Systems Design & Management

I realize what a pain it can be to manage your own compute stacks for mission-critical operations. Let's face it though, the "cloud" hasn't proven to have the reliability that many require to maintain their reputation. On-premises tends to be the choice for those seeking to save money on otherwise costly workloads and network designs. Even when operating services on third-party platforms, you often still have systems to manage depending on your software requirements.

This is where I come in. I can provide assistance with both designing and managing your deployment regardless if it calls for one server or twenty. If you're a real self-starter though, I can also provide training services to enable you to take the wheel after deployment. This path can maximize your savings if you have the technical fortitude it sometimes requires in the face of disaster.

I'm also somewhat fluent in the world of virtualization and containerization so hit me with your Ceph, Proxmox, Docker, & Kubernetes requests! Check out my blog here for more info!

WISP Infrastructure Design

The modern WISP must evolve quickly today to support the latest radio technologies. This evolution can be a painful process if you don't build upon a stable communication and power foundation. For a network that will stand the test of time and mother nature, consider some of my cost-effective pseudo Fiber-To-The-Antenna (FTTA) solutions that adapt to your equipment choices.

Through my well-funded work for an Indiana WISP, I have gone through fast iterations of trial and error to achieve some really cost-effective solutions that can boast similar quality to cellular network construction but not at Commscope prices.

Using a concept of separate DC and optical trunks at antenna sites in-conjunction with aerial-based demarcations for mid-span PoE & GPS sync injection, I have a concept that your modern infrastructure technician will love. When conditions aren't favorable, time to repair and upgrade matter. My solutions give a very smooth, plug-and-play style application to your deployments.

I provide assistance with the frustrating process of government reporting submissions such as the bi-annual FCC BDC submissions. I can also provide assistance with state level submissions that are sometimes much like the federal submissions a provider is already required to file. Using my edge in software engineering, I created a multithreaded, task-specific solution that can process your data and provide repeatable results for your submissions every time.

I work with you initially to understand your systems, then I implement any custom layers I need to transform your data into the structure my solution needs to process your submissions. For more information on pricing, see my service rates. For more information on data requirements for this process, see my submissions services page.