I’m not an MSP. I’m a solo consultant and Army veteran with 20 years of experience across every level of IT, from help desk to enterprise network and storage engineering. I work across every major vendor platform. You get that experience applied to your business without the MSP price tag or the long-term contract.
Network assessments and firewall audits
I’ll come to your office, look at your network and firewall configuration, and give you a plain-English report on what’s working, what’s not, and what’s actually putting you at risk. No scare tactics, no upselling you a bunch of gear you don’t need.
This is the service I recommend starting with. Most small businesses have never had anyone actually look at their network. The report gives you a clear picture and a prioritized list of what to fix first.
Wi-Fi surveys and deployments
“The Wi-Fi keeps dropping” is the number one complaint I hear from office managers. Usually the problem is a consumer-grade router trying to cover a space it was never designed for, or access points installed by whoever was cheapest without any actual planning.
I do site surveys to figure out where access points need to go, then deploy and configure proper business-grade wireless. Offices, warehouses, churches, retail: each layout has different challenges and I’ve dealt with most of them.
Security and compliance consulting
Got a cyber insurance questionnaire and don’t know how to answer it? You’re not alone. Half the questions assume you have a dedicated IT department, and the consequences of answering wrong range from higher premiums to denied claims.
I help small businesses work through:
- Cyber insurance questionnaires: honest answers, not just checking boxes
- HIPAA basics for dental and medical offices
- PCI compliance for anyone taking credit cards
- Vulnerability scanning to find out what’s actually exposed
- Security policies that are realistic for a small office
I’m not a compliance auditor, but I can get your network into shape so the answers on those forms are actually true.
Backup and disaster recovery
If your backup strategy is “we think somebody set up Carbonite a few years ago,” we should talk. I design and implement backup systems that actually work when you need them, built around Veeam and the 3-2-1 rule: three copies of your data, on two different types of media, with one copy offsite.
I’ll also help you think through RPO and RTO, which is a fancy way of saying: how much data can you afford to lose, and how long can you afford to be down? Most small businesses have never had that conversation, and it matters more than they think.
Virtualization and server infrastructure
If you’re running VMware and watching the licensing costs climb after the Broadcom acquisition, you’re not alone. I’ve been helping businesses evaluate their options, and my honest recommendation for most situations is OpenShift or OKD. It’s container-native, it scales well, and it doesn’t lock you into another vendor’s pricing whims.
Proxmox is the other name that comes up a lot. It’s fine for a homelab, but I’ve seen enough production environments held together with forum posts and hope to have opinions about when it’s the right call and when it isn’t. I’ll give you a straight answer based on what you actually need.
Whether it’s a VMware migration, a new server build, or just figuring out what you’re running and whether it makes sense, I can help.
Automation and scripting
If someone in your office is doing the same thing manually every day, whether that’s running reports, copying files, checking logs, or restarting services, there’s a good chance I can automate it. I write scripts and build automation for repetitive tasks, deployment workflows, and monitoring setups.
This isn’t about replacing people. It’s about freeing them up to do actual work instead of the same 15-step process they’ve been doing since 2017.
General IT consulting
Sometimes you just need someone who knows what they’re doing to help with a specific project. Hardware refresh, Microsoft 365 migration, storage planning, printer nightmares, vendor coordination, business systems administration: the stuff that piles up when nobody in the office is an IT person.
I’ve worked with gear from every major vendor. For networking, I’ll recommend Cisco or Juniper when the situation calls for it and MikroTik when you need solid performance without the enterprise price tag. I don’t have a vendor relationship with any of them, so the recommendation is always based on what actually makes sense for your setup and your budget.
I charge by the hour or by the project depending on what makes sense. No retainer, no commitment.
Ongoing IT support
If your business is big enough to need regular IT help but too small to afford a full MSP engagement, I offer part-time/fractional IT support. Think of it as having an IT guy on call without the salary.
This works well for businesses with 10-50 employees who have occasional issues, need someone to manage updates and backups, and want a person they can actually call when something breaks.
How it works
No contracts. No recurring charges you didn’t ask for. No “managed services” bundle where you’re paying for stuff you don’t use.