Building intelligent, resilient connectivity systems for real-world operations. Writing about telecom, leadership, and the invisible systems that keep people and organizations connected.
I work at the intersection of engineering, operations, RF behavior, and organizational systems. My work spans more than two decades of cellular technology, network design, and real-world problem solving — from BBS systems in the early 90s to running one of the largest distributed connectivity fleets in private physical security today.
I’m a generalist in a specialist world: equally comfortable architecting multi-carrier networks, designing an MVNO strategy, solving field routing failures, writing business fables, or building tools that help teams see the entire system more clearly.
Designing the systems behind high-demand, high-scale deployments — including gateway configuration, failover logic, real-time carrier behavior, and hardware validation.
Experience with Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, US Cellular, rural carriers, and MVNE partners. I specialize in cost optimization, prioritization analysis, and designing architectures that scale without fragility.
Field experience analyzing line-of-sight, terrain interactions, radiation patterns, and novel antenna designs. Created modern antenna/RF evaluation methodology and tooling used in production environments.
Where engineering meets field reality. I solve problems where the blueprint and the real world disagree, closing the gap between design, deployment, and ongoing operations.
I write about telecom failures, industry misconceptions, carrier behavior, leadership under stress, organizational blind spots, and the human side of engineering work.
A sepia-toned single-panel comic series about the absurdity and brilliance of telecom, infrastructure, and the systems we take for granted.
A multi-panel, Calvin & Hobbes–inspired comic strip about 2010-era cellular retail — the chaos, customers, and characters on the front lines of telecom.
My thought leadership includes:
I take on select consulting engagements in:
Engagement formats include executive advisory, project-based work, architecture reviews, technical due diligence, and retainer models (quarter, half-year, or annual).
I grew up around computers, radios, and tools — the kind of childhood where taking things apart was nearly a family tradition. I started an early BBS (“The Foundation”) that grew into a multi-line network, sparking the career that eventually led me into telecom, RF engineering, and connectivity systems.
I’ve been an amateur radio operator since 1995. I’m a lifelong maker, a light woodworker, and the co-owner of The Ham Badgers, a laser-engraving business for amateur radio operators.
I live in Utah with my family — the real foundation behind all of this work.
If you’d like to connect, collaborate, or explore consulting work, you can reach me here: