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Director of IT who ran a statewide nonprofit's entire technology operation, keeping systems at 99.9% uptime while cutting support tickets by 30%. Now builds working AI applications with local language models, Python and agentic workflows, from a private document assistant to a photo-ranking tool. Brings production-grade security and reliability habits to practical, user-focused AI tools.

Independent AI application development

2023 to present  |  See demos

• Jarvis, a private "second brain": Built a locally hosted assistant that searches personal documents and email and answers questions about them, running local models through Ollama with a browser interface.
• AI Photo Culler: Built a Python application that uses vision-language models to rank photographs, compare alternate edits, explain each score, and export CSV and text reports. Has processed about 2,500 images so far, saving several hours of manual culling.
• Suppie video shorts: Created about 30 short promotional videos for Suppie, an iPhone app that scans supplement labels, grades the formula and writes a research-backed report. On the App Store, rated 4.5 out of 5 from 147 ratings.
• Agentic workflows: Prototype multistep automations and voice agents connected to external tools, developed with Claude Code, ChatGPT and Perplexity.

Director of IT, New York State Defenders Association

Albany, NY  |  through April 2025

• Ran all IT infrastructure, including six physical and virtual Windows servers, firewalls, switching and wireless, keeping systems at 99.9% uptime.
• Supported 40+ laptops and mobile devices for a distributed workforce, onsite and remotely, cutting downtime and support tickets by 30%.
• Designed and maintained a secure network with VLAN segmentation, VPN access and firewall policy; deployed ESET and CrowdStrike Falcon for endpoint protection and intrusion detection.
• Led the organization's move to Microsoft 365, replacing legacy systems and improving collaboration.
• Renegotiated internet, VoIP, cloud and support contracts, saving up to 20%.
• Owned backups, disaster recovery and business continuity, plus the full hardware and software lifecycle: procurement, imaging, patching and asset tracking.
• Supervised junior IT staff and contractors, wrote process documentation, and advised leadership on technology strategy, budgets and grant-funded upgrades.

Associate of Applied Science, Computer Science

Condie College, San Jose, CA

Schodack, NY

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