The short version
I’m an independent IT consultant. Since 2010 I’ve been taking on the projects that organizations can’t easily absorb into business-as-usual: core conversions, migrations, consolidations, platform moves, and the occasional rescue of an environment that stopped working the way it was supposed to.
That work has been split between engagements as an outside consultant and periods embedded inside internal teams, which turns out to be the useful combination. I know what a change advisory board wants to hear, why the storage team is nervous, and what the help desk will be dealing with on Monday — because I’ve been on each of those sides of the table.
How I work
I measure before I promise. Estimates that come from a vendor datasheet are a way of transferring risk to you. I run a pilot on your data, on your network, and quote from that.
I write things down. Every engagement produces a document your team keeps: the plan, the runbook, the reconciliation evidence, the scripts. If the knowledge leaves when I do, I haven’t finished the job.
I’ll tell you when the answer is no. Sometimes a system shouldn’t move yet. Sometimes the tool you already own is fine. Sometimes the work needs a bigger team than one person. I’d rather tell you that early than bill you to find it out.
Where I’m strongest
Core banking conversions, and the work that surrounds them — data mapping, balancing, imaging conversion, and the security posture an examiner will ask about afterwards. Data migrations of every shape: file, storage, database, application and tenant. Virtual desktop environments, particularly Citrix, both new builds and remediation of ones that have drifted. And automation, which quietly underpins all of it — most of my cutovers stay on schedule because the repetitive parts were scripted weeks earlier.
What I’m not
I’m not a reseller, so I have no incentive to steer you toward particular licensing. I’m not an MSP — I don’t want your help desk. I’m not your auditor, and independence means I can’t be. And I’m not an incident response firm; if you’re in an active security event, you need specialists in that, and I’ll say so.
Working together
Most engagements start with a conversation about what you’re trying to move and what constraints you’re moving it under. That call costs nothing and often ends with me telling you the project is smaller than you feared, or that the hard part isn’t where you thought it was.