IT Director & Technical Leader | Infrastructure, Security & Systems Operations | ERP/MES/PLM · Manufacturing & Nonprofit Technology
I’ve spent 25+ years leading IT infrastructure, systems administration, and technology teams across manufacturing and nonprofit organizations — mentoring teams of up to 10, running data centers and multi-site networks, and delivering ERP/MES/PLM migrations and facility moves on schedule.
For the past two years, I’ve run that same discipline solo. As founder of GMW Systems LLC, I own the full stack for 12+ nonprofit and small-business clients: architecture, security, delivery, and client relationships, with nobody to hand the hard parts to. That includes:
- Hardened multi-server Linux infrastructure (10+ production servers, 99.95% uptime) with automated backup/DR and centralized SIEM logging
- A WAF and VPN-mesh edge gateway fronting all client production traffic, plus an automated CVE early-warning system across a 230+ package stack
- SMTP mail transport and messaging infrastructure — Postfix relays, encrypted smart-host forwarding, and transactional/marketing platforms (Constant Contact, Brevo)
- Records retention and public disclosure compliance work carried over from my nonprofit and government IT leadership roles
- A multi-tenant SaaS platform I designed and built from scratch, now running as a paying product
Running a business solo isn’t a detour from leadership — it’s a concentrated version of it. I’m now looking to bring that back to a team, at bigger scale, as an IT Director/Manager or trusted technical advisor to leadership and boards.
I work across manufacturing (ERP/MES/PLM — Oracle Agile, Aegis FactoryLogix, Fourth Shift) and nonprofit technology, and I stay current — Docker, modern PHP, AI-assisted development, WAF/SIEM — because the tools don’t stand still and neither do I.
Open to IT Director/Manager roles, fractional CTO engagements, Senior System/Application engineering roles, and technical advisory work in the Seattle area or remote.
- Founder & Principal Consultant
GMW Systems LLC
2024-present - Own and operate a growing technology consultancy serving 12+ nonprofit and small-business clients across Snohomish and King counties — architecture, security, delivery, and client relationships on a single P&L.
- Advise nonprofit boards and small-business owners on technology strategy and AI adoption
- Architected and deployed a hardened multi-server Linux infrastructure: 10+ production servers at 99.95% uptime, automated backup/DR with 27 daily verification tests, and centralized SIEM logging (Graylog/OpenSearch)
- Built a stateless edge gateway — WAF (ModSecurity/OWASP CRS), site-to-site VPN mesh, secondary DNS — fronting all production traffic; led root-cause response to a production outage with 12 corrective actions and zero recurrence since
- Built an automated CVE early-warning system: daily scanning across a 230+ package stack, resolution dashboard, proactive client alerting
- Architect and operate SMTP mail transport infrastructure using Postfix, including encrypted smart-host relays and forwarding, plus transactional/marketing messaging platforms (Constant Contact, Brevo)
- Designed and built a multi-tenant volunteer management SaaS platform (PHP/MySQL, AES-256 encryption, offline-capable kiosk with sync) — now a paying product for its first nonprofit client
Airport Systems Administrator
Snohomish County, Everett, WA
August 2023 – July 2024
- Maintained computer and network systems for airport executives, fire, maintenance, and flight operations; served as technical liaison to county IT on shared services.
- Supported public records retention and disclosure compliance obligations alongside county records management standards
- Installed, configured, and automated deployment of access control and camera surveillance systems (Galaxy Access Control, WiseNet)
Application Administrator
DiBell Group/L3Harris, Melbourne, FL
Remote: September 2020 – September 2022
Technologies: Aegis FactoryLogix, Windows 2012, 2016, and 2019 server, Agile, Scrum, ServiceNow, Confluence, Jira, PowerShell, batch scripting
- Administered Aegis FactoryLogix MES for a major defense contractor, leading upgrades and migrations with minimal disruption.
- Partnered with Agile/Scrum teams on application support, regression testing, and Java/Tomcat performance tuning
- Delivered third-level application and Windows server troubleshooting; supported the security team on vulnerability mitigation
IT Director
TERRA Staffing Group, Everett WA
October 2018 – May 2020
Technologies: TrueNAS, Asterisk, Linux (ubuntu), VMWare, Active Directory, Windows server 2016, SQL server, Microsoft Exchange, Jira, vulnerability scanning, data center ops, VPN, firewalls
- Led and mentored a team of 6 IT professionals supporting a largely remote workforce.
- Owned IT infrastructure across headquarters, a data center, and 11 branch offices in 4 states — including Exchange, SQL Server, and firewall/VPN administration
- Improved help desk SLA times by 50%, cutting average initial response to 5 minutes
- Directed development of internal intranet tools and a public-facing employment website with mobile apps; managed SQL Server failover planning and executive dashboards
System Administrator/IT Director
Applied Technical Services (now Creation Tecnologies), Everett WA
March 2014 – October 2018
Technologies: Windows server 2008-2016, VMWare, Hyper-V, Active Directory, IIS, Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Jira, Group Policy (GPO), Oracle Agile PLM, Infor FourthShift, VLAN, VPN, SonicWall, server hardening, network segmentation and isolation
- Promoted twice (Senior Systems Administrator → IT Manager → IT Director); led and mentored a team of up to 10 IT professionals across three factories in two countries.
- Managed ERP, MES, and PLM systems (Oracle Agile, Aegis FactoryLogix, Fourth Shift) supporting manufacturing operations, with weekly root-cause analysis
- Sat on the Extended Leadership Team, reporting to the Executive Team via weekly Business Process Review meetings
- Delivered on-time infrastructure for a new factory and a company-wide cloud email migration; managed server hardening and network segmentation (VLAN/VPN)
- Achieved 99.5% positive help desk response and 98%+ issue resolution, consistently within SLA; named Employee of the Year, 2016
Network Administrator/IT Manager
Capitol Hill Housing, Seattle WA
October 2010 – March 2014
Technologies: Windows server 2003-2012, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, IIS, SQL Server, SharePoint, Group Policy (GPO), VPN, SonicWall, public disclosure retention policies
- Managed IT staff and infrastructure for a multi-site nonprofit network spanning headquarters, a data center, and 40+ remote offices.
- Managed public records retention and disclosure compliance processes — retention scheduling, litigation holds, responses to public disclosure requests
- Led cross-forest Exchange and Active Directory migrations alongside major office moves and network re-architecture
- Planned and executed backup and disaster recovery operations, including annual restoration drills and executive briefings; served on the cross-department Leadership Team guiding a new headquarters build-out