Family
I grew up in the Ozark mountains of southwestern Missouri. Born to hard working middle class parents from an agricultural background, I am the youngest of six sons. (That’s me in the bottom right with the sword T-Shirt. It’s an old photo, but it checks out.)
+Current Projects
You can see what I’m doing at any given time (with a reasonable update resolution) by following my .plan file. The plan file is usually updated daily during the week, less when I’m on vacation.
+Family
I grew up in the Ozark mountains of southwestern Missouri. Born to hard working middle class parents from an agricultural background, I am the youngest of six sons. (That’s me in the bottom right with the sword T-Shirt. It’s an old photo, but it checks out.)

I met my wife Cameron online in the mid 1990s, when the internet was a very different place. (Alas - the internet culture we knew back then is dead and buried - but I digress.) After having met Cameron, I moved to Georgia to live with her in 2002. Cameron made me the happiest man ever by agreeing to marry me in February 2004. Together we have bounced around the continental United States several times, and currently live in Georgia, near Cameron’s family. Cameron and I have three children: Annastasia (2005), Gabriel (2008), and Catherine (2010).
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-Hacker and Technology Leader
Senior Engineer
Bridgephase, LLC 4/2024–Current
-Working on the PlatformOne Big Bang project, one of (if not the) largest open source projects in the Department of Defense, performing a variety of roles and functions as a Sr Engineer. (Click here to follow me on repo1 if you’re curious what I’m working on at any given time.)
+Hacker and Technology Leader
I’ve been using computers as long as I can remember, and programming them for almost as long as I can remember. My first program was a text adventure version of Final Fantasy written in BASIC on a TRS-80 before dialup internet was common. I have fond memories of writing C on an Amiga 500, dialing in to BBSs on an i386 MS-DOS system, programming games on Pentium and Pentium 2 systems, constantly reinstalling Windows 98 (if you know, you know), setting up home networks when other teens were working on cars, playing Quake at LAN parties when other teens were chasing girls… I’m self taught in technical matters, but have had lots of help from older siblings (Robert, Paul and Samuel) and friends online (too numerous to count) over the years. I was briefly with Hack Factor X (HFX) back in the late 90s. I’ve been working in technology officially since 2006.
+I’ve gone through a lot of changes over the years. But the Mentor’s Manifesto will forever hold a place in my heart.
+Staff DevSecOps Engineer
Bridgephase, LLC 11/2025-Current
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- Writing automation code in bash and python to drive development pipelines -
- Writing internal and user-facing tools in golang and bash -
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- Writing terraform code for infrastructure and maintaining that infrastructure -
- Writing and reviewing architectural proposals, negotiating technical commitments -
- Planning managing and executing sprints at the team level +
- Contributing to the PlatformOne EdgeOps product, enabling compliant compute at the tactical edge for mission teams supporting the warfighter. +
Senior DevSecOps Engineer
Bridgephase, LLC 4/2024–11/2025
+Worked on the PlatformOne Big Bang project, one of (if not the) largest open source projects in the Department of Defense, performing a variety of roles and functions as a Sr Engineer.
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- Managed the Storage & Collaboration mission team for the DoD Platform One “Big Bang” project, ensuring Big Bang components received timely security updates and regular maintenance +
- Maintained and added features to various pieces of automation code surrounding kubernetes cluster management, integration and delivery pipelines, and developer tooling +
- Contributed several features to the PlatformOne EdgeOps solution focusing around expanding customer control of bare metal provisioning and hardware management +
- Delivered a project to integrate PlatformOne EdgeOps to a customer in a SAP environment modernizing a legacy HPC supercomputing infrastructure +
- Lead the Bridgephase DevSecOps community of practice
Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering Manager
Wiser Solutions, Inc. 4/2022–2/2024
Directed engineering of Cloud and hybrid infrastructures to align with business goals and empower teams across enterprise to achieve growth and scale objectives. Built relationships with colleagues and leaders, leveraging relationships to guide decision-making, strategic planning, and vision for future initiatives. Championed automation to streamline processes and engage teams in higher-level projects. Managed performance from a fully remote environment.
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Miscellanious
Also served as Software Engineer for Global Net Access (leading software development for major colocation datacenter) and Software Engineer/Network Administrator at Logical Solutions (managing 300 remote sites).
For more information about my professional background, current workplace, open positions, or to approach me with an opportunity, please see My LinkedIn Profile.
-Civil Service
Infantry Soldier
Georgia State Defense Force 04/2022-06/2023
+Civil Service
Volunteer Firefighter
Tazewell, Georgia Volunteer Fire Department 04/2025 - Current
Fort Perry, Georgia Volunteer Fire Department 03/2022 - 04/2025
Geneva, Georgia Volunteer Fire Department 03/2022 - 04/2025
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- Completed Firefighter 1 certification July 2022, training with Flint Hill Fire Dept, Georgia. +
- Elected Treasurer of Geneva Fire Dept Sep 2022, retired from the position in December 2024 +
- Elected Chief of Fort Perry VFD in July 2024, served until ethical differences with the Board of Directors forced me to resign. Managed all aspects of training and operations for volunteer fire department running approx 100 calls per year. +
- Appointed training officer at Tazewell VFD in April 2025. Operating fire training academy for all of Marion county, graduating (on average) 3-7 firefighters per year. +
Infantry Soldier
Georgia State Defense Force 04/2022-06/2023
- Swore oath of enlistment February 2022 (for the second time - first time in 2000)
- Completed IET July 2022, graduated with honors
- Served in the elite OPFOR Battalion, simulating enemy forces to train Georgia national guard troops. Serving as an infantry soldier and as the acting S4, managing signal (radio) equipment, processes, and training for the batallion.
Volunteer Firefighter
Fort Perry, Georgia Volunteer Fire Department 03/2022 - Current
Geneva, Georgia Volunteer Fire Department 03/2022 - Current
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- Joined both departments in March 2022. -
- Completed Firefighter 1 certification July 2022, training with Flint Hill Fire Dept, Georgia. -
- Elected Treasurer of Geneva Fire Dept Sep 2022, retired from the position in December 2024 -
- Elected Chief of Fort Perry VFD in July 2024, currently serving. Managing all aspects of training and operations for volunteer fire department running approx 100 calls per year. -
Knight
Order of Christian Knights 2019 - 06/2023
- Became attached to the Order around 2019. @@ -608,7 +622,7 @@ style="padding-right: 2px;"> TOC