About

I manage Macs in higher education. A large mixed fleet: Jamf Pro, identity, packaging, patching, and the security tools around them. If something should not be done by hand, I automate it. And I leave something the next person can actually use.

AI is part of the work. I use it to get a first draft down, debug something weird, check my own work, and automate the stuff I do not want to do by hand. It gets a script or a writeup started. I check that against the fleet before it goes anywhere.

Documentation is a deliverable. If a change only lives in my head, it is not finished. I want work I can roll back, scripts a teammate can read, and systems that do not depend on whoever remembers how it was done.

What I work on

Apple at scale

I run Jamf Pro for a large higher-ed fleet. Profiles, policies, packages, Self Service, Apple Business Manager. If it only works on the test Mac, it is not done.

Scripts that hold up

Shell and PowerShell, when clicking through it is the wrong tool. Logged, readable, something a teammate can run without guessing what I meant.

Identity that feels natural

Platform SSO and modern sign-in, set up so it still makes sense to the person at the Mac.

Certifications

I took the Jamf Pro track in order this year. Associate in February, Tech in March, Admin in April, Expert in July.

100 Jamf Certified Associate, Jamf Pro February 2026 Credly 200 Jamf Certified Tech, Jamf Pro March 2026, expires March 2029 Credly 300 Jamf Certified Admin, Jamf Pro April 2026, expires April 2029 Credly 400 Jamf Certified Expert, Jamf Pro July 2026, expires July 2029 Credly

Earlier: CompTIA A+, December 2018. // B.S. in Cybersecurity, finished while I was a stay-at-home dad with my oldest.

Off the clock

Away from work I self-host what I can, mess with mesh radio, and build small apps when I want to see if an idea holds up. dc-pulse is a native iOS app for watching what is changing across D.C.

I read science for the edge cases. Physics, astronomy, evolution, the kind of systems where simple rules do something weird. I enjoy retro games, books, space stuff, and sometimes a beer. I care more about how a thing fails than about the tidy summary.