About

Two decades at the intersection of automation and infrastructure.

A Senior Application Engineer specializing in smart buildings, HVAC automation, and IoT-connected systems — with a background spanning industrial electrical, IT, and now full-stack BAS engineering and SaaS development.

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At a glance

Below you'll find a complete breakdown of my professional background: nearly two decades of building automation experience, two Niagara certifications, BACnet networking expertise, support for eight major platforms, and a career path that started in customer-facing operations and grew through industrial automation, IT support, and into senior-level BAS engineering. The experience timeline at the bottom of this page captures the full journey, year by year.

Experience

18+ years

in building automation, HVAC, and IoT integration work

Certifications

Niagara N4 & AX

plus BACnet MSTP & IP network expertise

Platforms supported

8 ecosystems

Niagara 4, AX, Distech, Delta, Siemens, Ubiquiti, Home Assistant, Unraid

Service offerings

10 core areas

from BAS deployments to consulting, listed in detail below

Core responsibilities

What I do day to day

BAS server and workstation hardware deployment and management

Building automation software deployment and database setup using Niagara 4 front-end graphics

BACnet MSTP and IP-based network topology layout planning

BACnet integrations of 3rd-party hardware into the building management system

Graphical and line-code based control sequencing following standard spec engineered guidelines

Security and surveillance system deployments and management

Remote access networking and connectivity

Home automation deployments using Home Assistant software

HVAC building automation system consulting and planning services

Niagara N4 and AX certified, with active development on multiple ecosystems

Career history

Experience timeline

CURRENT ROLE

Senior Application Engineer · Smart Buildings & HVAC Automation

2008 – PRESENT

Leading building automation system design, deployment, and integration projects across commercial facilities. Combining hands-on engineering with strategic planning to deliver scalable, network-connected HVAC and IoT solutions.

BAS server & workstation hardware deployment and lifecycle management

Niagara 4 front-end graphics, database setup, and software deployment

BACnet MSTP & IP network topology planning and 3rd-party integrations

Graphical and line-code control sequencing per engineered spec guidelines

Security & surveillance system deployments, remote-access networking

HVAC building automation consulting and project planning

2006

IT technical support

End-user and infrastructure technical support — troubleshooting hardware, software, and networking issues across business environments.

2003

Industrial electrical automation

Hands-on work in the manufacturing sector with industrial electrical automation systems — the foundation for everything that followed.

1996

Restaurant management

Operations management and customer relations — where I learned that no system runs well without good people skills behind it.

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project planning, and BAS deployments.

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