Independent · UK-based · Personally delivered
Strategy in the meeting.
Engineering in the real world.
Practical technology help, infrastructure engineering and technical consultancy from someone who actually builds and operates this stuff.
HOW I WORK
- 01StrategyDirection & decisions
- 02ArchitectureSystems & trade-offs
- 03EngineeringBuild & troubleshoot
- 04ImplementationMake it work properly
The useful middle ground
Senior advice without losing touch with the work.
I help organisations and individuals make sound technical decisions, then get involved deeply enough to see those decisions work in practice.
That might mean shaping a technology roadmap, planning a network transformation, reviewing a security design, installing an access point or tracing the bad patch lead that has been causing intermittent faults.
What I do
From difficult decision to working system.
Focused support for organisations, small businesses and technically ambitious homes.
Consultancy & technical leadership
Clear technical thinking for organisations making infrastructure, operating-model, supplier or service decisions.
- Discovery & assessment
- Technology roadmaps
- Solution & service design
Networks & infrastructure
Design, troubleshooting and hands-on delivery—from WAN strategy and segmentation to racks, switches and access points.
- Network design & remediation
- Wi-Fi, WAN & SD-WAN
- Physical infrastructure
Automation & smart technology
Practical automation, integrations and reliable smart infrastructure built around a useful operational outcome.
- Operational automation
- Home Assistant & IoT
- Monitoring & integrations
Selected project types
The kind of work I take on.
Enterprise Network Transformation
A practical path from an inconsistent network estate to a supportable, resilient target architecture.
Read project outline ↗ 02 / ConnectivityMulti-Site Connectivity Modernisation
ISP and connectivity strategy for moving a multi-site organisation from MPLS towards SD-WAN.
Read project outline ↗ 03 / ConsultancyIT Operating Model Consultancy
Helping leadership decide what to retain internally, what to outsource and how the two should work together.
Read project outline ↗Project examples are anonymised and intentionally omit client, employer and sensitive infrastructure details.
A practical standard
Useful work should still make sense after I leave.
Understand before changing
Start with the problem, constraints and evidence—not a preferred product.
Design for operation
A solution has to be supportable after the project is finished.
Make the work legible
Clear decisions, diagrams, labels and handover notes are part of the engineering.
Stay proportionate
Use the simplest approach that safely solves the actual problem.
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