Momma said, “Son, it doesn’t matter what you decide to do with your life, but whatever it is be damned sure you are the absolute best at it!” I took that to heart a long time ago … and 45 years later I’m still taking it pretty seriously.
I’ve been in all things tech for 45 years, 35 of them professionally and 20 running my own business. I’ve worked the front lines and I’ve sat in the architect’s chair. I’ve kept rural healthcare orgs up and running (and compliant) for decades, some of them since 1997, and I’m still the guy they call when something matters. My one rule has never changed: never tell a client, “No, I can’t do that.”
Who I help
Small and mid-size orgs that need someone who actually knows how all the pieces fit together. Rural healthcare, clinics, small businesses, and teams that are drowning in tools that don’t talk to each other. If you’ve got a “guy” who left, a vendor who isn’t answering, or a mess nobody wants to touch … that’s my kind of Tuesday.
What I do
- System and network admin: servers, networks, backups, security, the stuff that has to just work.
- Executive and solution architecture: figuring out where you’re going and the right way to get there, before you spend the money.
- Automation and AI that’s governed: real automations that save real hours, built with guardrails so they don’t turn into faster chaos.
- IoT and firmware audits: what’s actually on your network, what it’s talking to, and whether that firmware ought to scare you. (Spoiler … sometimes it should.)
- Vendor audits and restructuring: making sure you’re paying for what you use and getting what you pay for.
- Compliance-minded IT: HIPAA, CMS, PCI. I’ve lived in that world a long time.
Let’s talk
Tell me what’s keeping you up at night, and I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help. No sales pitch, no pressure … just a straight answer from a greybeard who’s probably seen it before.
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GeekTheGreyBeard