From Military Communications
to Helping Families at Home

A little about me

• Army 25F/25U – communications & IT
• Served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait
• Enterprise IT work for HP, NTT, and state systems
• Dad, partner, and Idaho local
• I fix tech with honesty and plain-English explanations

My Journey

I didn’t start my career in a quiet office or behind a helpdesk — I started it in the Army, setting up communications systems in places where failure wasn’t an option. That experience shaped everything about how I work today: stay calm, solve the problem, and leave things better than you found them.

Over the years, I’ve moved through just about every layer of IT. I’ve worked on battlefield networks in Iraq and Afghanistan, repaired fiber and communications systems in the freezing cold of Alaska, managed enterprise servers for Medicaid accounts across the US, led operations teams through major outages, and helped businesses migrate their systems to the cloud long before it was common.

Today, I’m a Senior Systems Administrator where I modernize state Medicaid and Title XIX environments, harden systems for security, automate tasks, and keep critical services running for thousands of people. It’s deep, detailed, technical work, and I love it. But the part I enjoy most is taking that knowledge and using it to help real people here in the Treasure Valley.

Working in enterprise environments taught me a lot: how to stabilize chaos, how to troubleshoot quickly, how to communicate clearly, and how to build systems that don’t fall apart when you look at them wrong. But working directly with families and small businesses taught me something even more important: technology only matters when it makes someone’s life easier.

That’s why I started Treasure Valley Tech, to bring the same level of care, precision, and reliability that I use in enterprise and government systems into people’s homes and businesses. Whether I’m fixing a gaming PC for a kid who just wants to get back online, recovering photos for a family, or stabilizing a small business network so they can focus on customers instead of outages, I bring the same mindset: do it right the first time, be honest, and treat people with respect.

My journey may have taken me across the world, through datacenters, server rooms, military bases, and large corporate environments — but it ultimately brought me right here, doing what I enjoy most: helping the people in my community feel confident and supported with their technology.

In short: I’ve seen technology at its most complicated and at its most personal. No matter the scale, the goal is the same — keep people connected, protected, and taken care of.

Why I Do This

My tech background is how I’ve supported my family, but the real joy comes from helping people directly. Every home I visit has photos, memories, schoolwork, businesses, and life stored on its devices. My job is to protect that — and take the stress out of technology.

When I’m not fixing systems, I'm with my kids, cooking, gaming, building things, or exploring Idaho. They’re the reason I work hard, and the reason I care so much about doing this the right way.

Service Overseas

Tech Work & Repair

Family & Home Life