IT's Ross.
AI + Infrastructure · Accountable, end to end

Real AI. Real infrastructure. One who knows both.

A decade keeping enterprise infrastructure alive — on-prem and cloud, identity, security, the systems that take a business down at 2 a.m. when they break. Whether it's putting AI to work, scaling an app that's buckling, or dragging legacy systems into the modern era, I build it on how things actually run under pressure — not bolted on by someone who's never racked a server.

no reps, no runaround
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10 years in the engine room
Health-tech (Cerner/Oracle), VMware partner consulting, national e-commerce (The RealReal).
What I go deep on
On-prem to cloud · identity & access · security · endpoints · AI automation. 3,000 endpoints migrated, 50+ servers.
~$420K/yr
in licensing, automated away — one script, 5,000 licenses retired.
Team of 8
led across identity, cloud & security — then chose to go back to building.

Your IT. Your AI. Your infrastructure. It's Ross.

Same hands from the first message to the thing running in production — no handoffs, no re-explaining, no losing the thread halfway through.

"You're not hiring a vendor. You're getting the person who actually builds it."

⌁ Ross · the signal
The lane I own

Two camps are selling you "AI." I'm in neither.

The IT shops / MSPs

Understand your infrastructure. Can't build real AI. They'll keep your lights on and miss the whole moment.

The AI agencies

Can demo a chatbot. No idea what they're doing to your security, identity, and uptime. They'll wire something flashy and quietly leave you exposed.

Ross

Enterprise-infrastructure veteran and someone who ships agentic, multi-model AI in production. Almost nobody can honestly claim both. In most rooms I'm not the cheaper option — I'm the only qualified one.

The work

I don't do tickets. I find what's actually broken, build the thing that fixes it for good — then I'm gone, and so's the problem.

I'm not staff, and I'm not a retainer you forget you're paying. The best outcome of hiring me is needing me less.

The bench it comes from —
01

Production AI

Agentic, multi-model pipelines (Claude, GPT, open-source). Tool-use, RAG, automated incident response. Not a chatbot and a prayer — automation that works on Monday, not just in the demo.

02

Identity & Access

Okta, Entra, AD, SSO/MFA, zero-trust. Who gets in, and what breaks if it's wrong.

03

Cloud & migrations

On-prem to AWS, Azure, GCP — and the migrations to get there without taking you down. Old-school roots, so I actually know what I'm modernizing.

04

Security & Endpoints

1,000+ endpoints, networks, zero-trust. Locked down without locking you out.

05 · Automation & cost

I wrote a backup automation that retired 5,000 enterprise licenses — ~$420K/year, gone.

Who I help

Two kinds of people. Same wall.

If you're reading this, something's already working — and it's about to buckle under its own weight. That's usually right when people find me.

Small & mid-sized business

Told to "use AI." Not sure who to trust with it.

1 to 250 people, scrappy, ready to punch above your weight. You'll operate like the Fortune 500 — without the Fortune 500 budget or the BS.

Builders & vibe coders

You built something real with AI. Now it needs to not fall over.

The tools got good fast — the boring half didn't come in the box. Auth, security, scale, the stuff that bites at 2 a.m. That gap isn't a you problem. I speak plain English and I'll tell you what's solid, what's a time bomb, and what to fix first.

Either way, the math is the same: if you're looking, you probably can't scale and you needed this yesterday. I'm not for people shopping the cheapest help desk — I'm for people who'd rather have one sharp person who actually gets it.

The proof — career track record
~$420K
/yr license costs eliminated — one backup automation retired 5,000 enterprise archive licenses.
3,000
endpoints migrated off on-prem AD → Entra ID, then off Omnissa → Intune.
Team of 8
led across identity, endpoints, networks, systems.
10 yrs
in the engine room: Cerner/Oracle · VMware partner consulting · The RealReal.
3 SaaS
products shipped solo — infrastructure to UI.

Skool365

End to end · solo

AI video-coaching for sports teams. AWS serverless (30+ Lambdas, API Gateway, DynamoDB single-table, S3 + MediaConvert pipeline, CloudFront), Amazon Bedrock (Claude summaries, Nova technique analysis), React web (coach + athlete portals) + React Native, Stripe, multi-tenant RBAC, COPPA-compliant, full CI/CD.

Chatly

Live on this page

Live AI chat-widget SaaS. One-line embed, self-training knowledge base, in-chat lead capture, one inbox, paid tiers. It's the bubble in the corner of this page. You're using my product right now.

Landly

Same shop

Landing-page builder. Same shop, same hands, same standard.

"I don't pitch AI. I architect and ship entire AI platforms — solo, infrastructure included. Want proof? You're using one of my products right now."

Most small businesses run on duct tape and hope. Most "AI solutions" are a chatbot and a prayer. AI built by people who don't understand infrastructure is a liability with a nice UI. I build transparent tech that just works — so you're not paying me to fight fires I started. One accountable person beats a faceless team and a ticketing system every time.

"I'll give it to you straight — what's solid, what's a time bomb, and what it's quietly costing you. I'm not for everyone, and I'm good with that. If you'd rather hear it real than hear it nice, we'll get along."

Don't sit in a queue waiting on a callback. Start a conversation right now — ask anything, tell me what's going on, or book time if you want it. You're basically already talking to me.