The short version of a long story

Twenty-plus years of building software, a decade of running emergency operations, and the two have started to overlap.

Tech

I have been running Glimmernet Technologies since 2002. We build software, websites, and digital marketing for federal, state, local, and corporate clients. We also do managed WordPress hosting on a global network.

The best part is getting to work with all kinds of people and seeing how different organizations actually run from the inside. Like having a resume packed with experience from hundreds of companies — all the knowledge, none of the job hopping.

Emergency Response

I joined Montgomery County CERT in 2014 and went on to become its first Go-Team Commander. Over the next decade I helped build out a team that operated like any other public safety unit — 24/7 on-call rotation, dispatched the same way as a fire engine, integrated radio communications with the county, formal callsigns, real SOPs. We responded to incidents alongside Fire, Police, and OEMHS. We even got our own apparatus — and I got to do the branding for it, which was a fun side project. I picked up a few certifications along the way: Emergency Medical Response (EMR), Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings, Stop The Bleed, CERT Train-the-Trainer, and CERT Program Manager.

When COVID hit, the county asked me to serve as Operations Section Chief for their task force. Two and a half years later we’d distributed 125,000 PPE units, delivered 7,500 meals, and run mass immunization clinics for tens of thousands of residents.

Where things stand now

I have a CVE to my name from a vulnerability I found and disclosed. I co-host Technovela, a podcast with Lisa Kahler about where tech and marketing meet. And I’m in Vienna, Austria these days.

The résumé has the full timeline. The contact page has all the ways to reach me.